"大人不記小人過" meaning in Chinese

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Proverb

IPA: /tä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /taːi̯²² jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kei̯³³ siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʷɔː³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 大人不记小人过 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: Literally: A greater man does not make note of a lesser man's faults. Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 大人不記小人過
  1. It is best to forgive and forget. Synonyms: 大人不計小人過 (dàrén bùjì xiǎorén guò), 大人不计小人过 (dàrén bùjì xiǎorén guò)
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "It is best to forgive and forget."
      ],
      "id": "en-大人不記小人過-zh-proverb-TbSj5ZtP",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "dàrén bùjì xiǎorén guò",
          "word": "大人不計小人過"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dàrén bùjì xiǎorén guò",
          "word": "大人不计小人过"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàrén bù jì xiǎorén guò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ jan⁴ bat¹ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàrén bù jì xiǎorén guò [Phonetic: dàrén bú jì xiǎorén guò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàrén bù jì siǎorén guò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-jên² pu⁴ chi⁴ hsiao³-jên² kuo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-rén bù jì syǎu-rén gwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahren bu jih sheauren guoh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dažɛnʹ bu czi sjaožɛnʹ go",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дажэнь бу цзи сяожэнь го"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ jan⁴ bat¹ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daaih yàhn bāt gei síu yàhn gwo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ jan⁴ bat⁷ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dai⁶ yen⁴ bed¹ géi³ xiu² yen⁴ guo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kei̯³³ siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʷɔː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "大人不記小人過"
}
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  "etymology_text": "Literally: A greater man does not make note of a lesser man's faults.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大人不记小人过",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 大",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 小",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 記",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 過",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "It is best to forgive and forget."
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàrén bù jì xiǎorén guò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ jan⁴ bat¹ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàrén bù jì xiǎorén guò [Phonetic: dàrén bú jì xiǎorén guò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàrén bù jì siǎorén guò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-jên² pu⁴ chi⁴ hsiao³-jên² kuo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-rén bù jì syǎu-rén gwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahren bu jih sheauren guoh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dažɛnʹ bu czi sjaožɛnʹ go",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дажэнь бу цзи сяожэнь го"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ jan⁴ bat¹ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daaih yàhn bāt gei síu yàhn gwo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ jan⁴ bat⁷ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dai⁶ yen⁴ bed¹ géi³ xiu² yen⁴ guo³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kei̯³³ siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʷɔː³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dàrén bùjì xiǎorén guò",
      "word": "大人不計小人過"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàrén bùjì xiǎorén guò",
      "word": "大人不计小人过"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大人不記小人過"
}

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