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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

他有过目不忘的本领，读过一遍就能背出来。
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.
她过目不忘，是班上成绩最好的学生。
Tā guòmùbùwàng, shì bān shàng chéngjì zuìhǎo 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'); 不忘 = not forget. 'Pass the eyes — never forgotten.' A perfect mnemonic for 'photographic memory.'

Stroke Order

过 guò
目 mù
不 bù
忘 wàng