忘却 (wàng què) — to forget (literary, more formal than 忘记)
Definition
忘却 (wàngquè) is a literary, written-style verb meaning 'to forget' — more formal than the everyday 忘记. Often used in passive voice or with abstract nouns like pain, events, or memories.
verb
to forget (literary, more formal than 忘记)
Examples
- 忘却。Nà xiē wǎng shì zǎo yǐ bèi wàng què le.Those past events have long been forgotten.
- 忘却。Tā nǔ lì wàng què guò qù de shāng tòng.He tried hard to forget the pain of the past.
- ，忘却。Suí zhe shí jiān de liú shì, rén men jiàn jiàn wàng què le nà ge míng zì.As time passed, people gradually forgot that name.
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