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好记性不如烂笔头

hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu

8-character word Traditional 好記性不如爛筆頭

What 好记性不如烂笔头 means

1. the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)

The characters in 好记性不如烂笔头

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 记jìto record; to note; to memorize
• 性xìngnature; character; property
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top