忘恩负义
忘恩负义
wàng ēn fù yì
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth
verbidiom
Traditional: 忘恩負義
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- (verb, idiom) to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
- to kick a benefactor in the teeth
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Related Words
没齿难忘(mò chǐ nán wàng)— hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
→违恩负义(wéi ēn fù yì)— to disobey one's benefactor
→不念旧恶(bù niàn jiù è)— do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
→丢开(diū kāi)— to cast or put aside
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