大人不記小人過 dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guò

a noble person forgives petty faults

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature

Characters

Character Meaning
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
記 jì
to remember; to record; to note
小 xiǎo HSK 1
small; young; tiny
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
過 guò
to cross; to go over; to pass (time)