过目不忘

過目不忘
guòmùbùwàng
idiom #21,678

Meanings

  1. 1 photographic memory
  2. 2 to remember everything one has read
  3. 3 never forget what one has seen

Examples

Tā yǒu guòmùbùwàng de běnlǐng, dú guò yī biàn jiù néng bèi chūlái.
He has a photographic memory — he can recite something after reading it just once.
Tā guòmùbùwàng, shì bān shàng chéngjì zuì hǎo de xuéshēng.
With her photographic memory, she is the top student in the class.

Tips

memory
过目 = to glance over (lit. 'pass through the eyes'); = not forget. 'Pass the eyes — never forgotten.' A perfect mnemonic for 'photographic memory.'

Stroke Order

guò
wàng