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遗忘

yí wàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 遺忘

遗忘 (yí wàng) means "to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 遗忘 means

1. to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore

The characters in 遗忘

• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect

Example sentences

• 要原谅，但是不要遗忘。
  Forgive, but don't forget.
• 失败的革命很快就被遗忘了。
  Shībài de gémìng hěn kuài jiù bèi yíwàng le.
  Defeated revolutions are forgotten quickly.
• 在时间的洗礼下，这事件已经被人们遗忘。
  By the shower of time, people have forgotten this event.
• 我觉得李斯特的《被遗忘的圆舞曲第三首》是个被埋没的名曲。
  Wǒ juéde Lǐsītè de 《 Bèi Yíwàng De Yuánwǔqǔ Dì Sān Shǒu 》 shì ge bèi máimò de míngqǔ.
  I think that Liszt's "Forgotten Waltz No.3" is a hidden masterpiece.
• 对于那些彻夜关注美国大选的海外人士，从国会到皇宫，以及在被遗忘的角落里挤在收音机旁的人们，我们的经历虽然各有不同，但是我们的命运是一样的，新的美国领导层已产生了。
  Duìyú nàxiē chèyè guānzhù Měiguó dàxuǎn de hǎiwài rénshì, cóng Guóhuì dào huánggōng, yǐjí zài bèi yíwàng de jiǎoluò lǐ jǐ zài shōuyīnjī páng de rénmen, wǒmen de jīnglì suīrán gè yǒu bù tóng, dànshì wǒmen de mìngyùn shì yīyàng de, xīn de Měiguó lǐngdǎocéng yǐ chǎnshēng le.
  And all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

Words starting with 遗忘

• 遗忘症yí wàng zhèngamnesia

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