大人不記小人過

See also: 大人不记小人过

Chinese

		adult; grown-up; person of high rank	not; no	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record	scoundrel or villain; person of low position	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (大人不記小人過)		大人	不	記	小人	過
simp. (大人不记小人过)		大人	不	记	小人	过

Etymology

Literally: A greater man does not make note of a lesser man's faults.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàrén bù jì xiǎorén guò

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ jan⁴ bat¹ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàrén bù jì xiǎorén guò [Phonetic: dàrén bú jì xiǎorén guò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàrén bù jì siǎorén guò
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-jên² pu⁴ chi⁴ hsiao³-jên² kuo⁴
    • Yale: dà-rén bù jì syǎu-rén gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahren bu jih sheauren guoh
    • Palladius: дажэнь бу цзи сяожэнь го (dažɛnʹ bu czi sjaožɛnʹ go)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ jan⁴ bat¹ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³
    • Yale: daaih yàhn bāt gei síu yàhn gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ jan⁴ bat⁷ gei³ siu² jan⁴ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yen⁴ bed¹ géi³ xiu² yen⁴ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ kei̯³³ siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʷɔː³³/

Proverb

大人不記小人過

1. It is best to forgive and forget.

Synonyms

• 大人不計小人過／大人不计小人过 (dàrén bùjì xiǎorén guò)