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念念不忘

niànniànbúwàng

to keep thinking about; to be unable to forget

A dreamy person by a window with dumplings gazes at the moon.
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Characters in this word

念 niàn

Strokes
8
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
今 modern, current 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

不 bù

Strokes
4
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

忘 wàng

Strokes
7
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
亡 death, destruction 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他对小时候奶奶做的饺子念念不忘。 Tā duì xiǎoshíhou nǎinai zuò de jiǎozi niànniànbúwàng. He still cannot forget the dumplings his grandmother made when he was little.
  • 她一直对那次旅行念念不忘,总想再去一次。 Tā yìzhí duì nà cì lǚxíng niànniànbúwàng, zǒng xiǎng zài qù yí cì. She has never forgotten that trip and always wants to go again.
  • 孩子对新玩具念念不忘,天天都在说。 Háizi duì xīn wánjù niànniànbúwàng, tiāntiān dōu zài shuō. The child cannot stop thinking about the new toy and talks about it every day.

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