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Chinese
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not; no
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to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty |
old grievance or wrong
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不
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念
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舊惡
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| simp. (不念旧恶)
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不
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念
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旧恶
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Etymology
From the Analects, Book 5 (《論語·公冶長》):
子曰：「伯夷、叔齊不念舊惡，怨是用希。」
子曰：「伯夷、叔齐不念旧恶，怨是用希。」 - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐyuē: “Bóyí, Shūqí bù niàn jiù'è, yuàn shì yòng xī.”
- The Master said, "Boyi and Shuqi did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence the resentments directed towards them were few."
Pronunciation
Idiom
不念舊惡
- to not bear a grudge; to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones