







大人不记小人过 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a magnanimous person does not dwell on or hold grudges over the minor faults or offenses of lesser individuals”. Literally, “Great people do not remember petty people's faults”.

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Open the tool →大人不记小人过 (dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guò) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a magnanimous person does not dwell on or hold grudges over the minor faults or offenses of lesser individuals”.
大人不记小人过 is pronounced dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guò in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 大人不记小人过 means “Great people do not remember petty people's faults”. It is used to mean “a magnanimous person does not dwell on or hold grudges over the minor faults or offenses of lesser individuals”.
指地位高对地位低的过错加以原谅