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大人不记小人过

dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guòdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-02fe8ef8962c4193. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大人不記小人過 大人不记小人过 [da4 ren2 bu4 ji4 xiao3 ren2 guo4] /a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature/

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Other forms in these source records: 大人不記小人過

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 人
  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 记
    jì

    to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots

  • 小
    xiǎo

    small / tiny / few / young

  • 人
  • 过
    guò

    to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

    guo

    (experienced action marker)

    Guō

    surname Guo

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