forget; efface from memory
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to forget; to lose from memory; to obliterate
Slightly more formal or literary than 忘记 (wàngjì); often used for painful memories, lessons, or deep-seated impressions that are hard to erase.
Zhè这
xiē些
chén沉
tòng痛
de的
jiào教
xùn训
，
shǐ使
rén人
wú无
fǎ法
wàng忘
què却
。
These painful lessons are impossible to forget.
Suí随
zhe着
shí时
jiān间
de的
liú流
shì逝
，
tā他
jiàn渐
jiàn渐
wàng忘
què却
le了
nà那
duàn段
bù不
yú愉
kuài快
de的
wǎng往
shì事
。
As time passed, he gradually forgot that unpleasant episode from the past.
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Yǒu有
xiē些
shāng伤
tòng痛
，
yī一
bèi辈
zi子
yě也
wú无
fǎ法
wàng忘
què却
。
Some wounds can never be forgotten in a lifetime.