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貴人多忘事

简贵人多忘事 · 繁貴人多忘事

Mandarin · pinyin guì rén duō wàng shì

see 貴人多忘 guì rén duō wàng

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貴: Look up this written character
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
多: duō · much, many; more than, over
忘: wàng · forget; neglect; miss, omit
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
贵: guì · expensive, costly, valuable

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4–2–1–4–4 · gui4 ren2 duo1 wang4 shi4

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gwai3 jan4 do1 mong4 si6

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(originally honorific, now usually sarcastic) important people tend to have short memories; someone having a forgetful mind

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