忘乎所以

Mandarin · pinyin wàng hū suǒ yǐ

Meanings

  1. (idiom) to get carried away; to lose one's sense of proportion
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忘
wàng · forget; neglect; miss, omit
乎
hū · interrogative or exclamatory final particle
所
suǒ · place, location; numerary adjunct
以
yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
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4–1–3–3 · wang4 hu1 suo3 yi3

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mong4 fu4 so2 ji5

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  1. (idiomatic) to forget oneself; to lose self-control; beside oneself (typically as a result of one's own behaviour)

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