忘情 (wàng qíng) — to suppress one's emotions, to become unfeeling; to let oneself go, to give in completely to one's feelings
Definition
忘情 (wàngqíng) is a verb that swings between two opposite emotional poles: 'to become unfeeling, to suppress emotion' (often in negative contexts like 不能忘情) versus 'to lose oneself in feeling, to abandon restraint' (often as 忘情地 + verb).
verb
to suppress one's emotionsto become unfeelingto let oneself goto give in completely to one's feelings
Examples
- 忘情。Tā duì guò qù de shì zǎo yǐ wàng qíng.He has long since become emotionally detached from past events.
- 忘情。Nà yí kè tā wán quán wàng qíng dì tóu rù le wǔ dǎo.At that moment she gave herself over completely to the dance.
- 忘情。Tā duì gù xiāng shǐ zhōng bù néng wàng qíng.He has never been able to forget his attachment to his hometown.
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