遗 yí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 贵 expensive, costly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
遗忘
yíwàng
to forget; to be forgotten
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 这场灾难不应被时间遗忘，而应成为制度改革的警钟。 Zhè chǎng zāinàn bù yīng bèi shíjiān yíwàng, ér yīng chéngwéi zhìdù gǎigé de jǐngzhōng. This disaster should not be forgotten with time; it should become a warning bell for institutional reform.
- 随着年龄增长，他渐渐遗忘了童年学会的方言。 Suízhe niánlíng zēngzhǎng, tā jiànjiàn yíwàng le tóngnián xuéhuì de fāngyán. As he grew older, he gradually forgot the dialect he learned in childhood.
- 这些默默奉献的普通人，历史不会遗忘他们。 Zhèxiē mòmò fèngxiàn de pǔtōng rén, lìshǐ bú huì yíwàng tāmen. History will not forget these ordinary people who quietly gave of themselves.
Related words
- 遗产 yíchǎn inheritance; heritage
- 遗传 yíchuán heredity; to be inherited
- 遗址 yízhǐ ruins, historical site
- 后遗症 hòuyízhèng after-effect; sequela
- 遗留 yíliú to leave behind; remaining from the past
- 遗漏 yílòu to omit; to leave out
- 遗弃 yíqì to abandon; to desert
- 遗失 yíshī to lose; to mislay
- 遗体 yítǐ remains; body of the deceased
- 遗物 yíwù relic; belongings left behind
- 遗嘱 yízhǔ will; testament
- 忘 wàng to forget