forget oneself(wàng hū suǒ yǐ)

forget oneself

Forget oneself, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à NGH à Su à y à, which means that due to excessive excitement or complacency and forget the words and deeds should grasp the propriety; also say "forget oneself". It's from awaken the world, Hengyan, the God of Erlang.

Analysis of Idioms

The opposite is modesty and prudence

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty wrote "awaken the world and persevere in finding Erlang God of leather boots": "my wife leans down to serve and forgets herself."

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate, attribute and complement, with derogatory meaning. Maupassant's Sunday at the Flaubert's house: "when a literary upsurge or an artistic intoxication excites the interlocutors and involves them in the extremely absurd and forgetful theories loved by some imaginative people, he becomes worried, shakes his thighs and utters a few words from time to time:" but But... " But it was drowned by the laughter of others. (people's education press, Chinese, Grade 7, Volume 2, lesson 14). As soon as he made a little achievement, he became arrogant. According to Zhang Heng's "Ode to Tokyo" in Han Dynasty, "those who are tired at the end of the day, who are deprived of their Qi and spirit, forget to talk about themselves and boast about themselves."

Chinese PinYin : wàng hū suǒ yǐ