忘懷洞

Chinese

		to forget; to dismiss from one's mind	cave; hole
trad. (忘懷洞)		忘懷	洞
simp. (忘怀洞)		忘怀	洞

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànghuáidòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànghuáidòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànghuáidòng
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-huai²-tung⁴
    • Yale: wàng-hwái-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqhwaidonq
    • Palladius: ванхуайдун (vanxuajdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/

Noun

忘懷洞

1. memory hole (figurative place to which lost or forgotten information is sent)

   歷史的忘懷洞／历史的忘怀洞  ―  lìshǐ de wànghuáidòng  ―  the memory hole of history