guì rén duō wàngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
an eminent person has short memory (idiom)
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Original source entry:

貴人多忘 贵人多忘 [gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4] /an eminent person has short memory (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 貴人多忘

  • 贵
    guì

    expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your

    Guì

    short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Guì zhōu]

  • 人
  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

  • 忘
    wàng

    to forget / to overlook / to neglect

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