过目不忘

過目不忘
guòmù-bùwàng
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

HSK 2
Tā guòmù-bùwàng, shì bān shàng chéngjì zuìhǎo de xuéshēng.
With her photographic memory, she is the top student in the class.
HSK 3
Tā yǒu guòmù-bùwàng de běnlǐng, dú guò yī biàn jiù néng bèi chūlái.
He has a photographic memory - he can recite something after reading it just once.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

guò
wàng