忘却 meaning in English

wàngquè

(literary) to put out of one's mind; to forget

Traditional 忘卻14 strokes

Meaning of 忘却

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wàngquè
  1. (literary) to put out of one's mind; to forget

忘却 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

安ān娜nà已yǐ经jīng忘wàng却què幸xìng福fú意yì味wèi着zhe甚shén么me了le。
Anna has forgotten what it means to be happy.

Stroke order for each character

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忘 wàng · to forget · 7 strokes

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却 què · but · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 忘却.

忘记wàngjìto forget
却是què shìnevertheless; actually
难忘nánwàngunforgettable
忘掉wàngdiàoto forget
遗忘yíwàngto forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
忘不了wàng bu liǎocannot forget
念念不忘niànniàn-bùwàngto keep in mind constantly (idiom)
退却tuìquèto retreat; to shrink back
了却liǎoquèto resolve; to settle
废寝忘食fèiqǐn-wàngshí(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
冷却lěngquè(lit. and fig.) to cool
备忘录bèiwànglùmemorandum; aide-memoire

Questions about 忘却

What does 忘却 mean?

忘却 (wàngquè) means "(literary) to put out of one's mind; to forget".

How do you write 忘却?

忘却 is made of 2 characters: 忘 (7 strokes), 却 (7 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

How is 忘却 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 忘却 is written 忘卻.