By and by he forgot that affair.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
淡忘
to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 淡忘 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 淡忘 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Out of sight out of mind. When you're separated you lose touch.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 淡忘.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 淡忘.
Directly before
- 逐渐淡忘1
- 事情淡忘1
Directly after
- 淡忘了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 淡忘
What does 淡忘 mean in Chinese?
淡忘 (dànwàng) means to gradually forget as time passes; to have (sth) fade from one's memory.
How do you pronounce 淡忘?
淡忘 is pronounced dànwàng.
Is 淡忘 an HSK word?
淡忘 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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