忘乎所以 — Chinese idiom
忘乎所以
wàng hū suǒ yǐ
Meaning
- to get carried away; to lose one's sense of proportion
Character by character
- 忘wàngto forget, to miss, to neglect, to overlook
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final particle
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introduc
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
Idioms sharing a character
- 公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī
- 废寝忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí
- 忘年之交 wàng nián zhī jiāo
- 忘恩负义 wàng ēn fù yì
- 念念不忘 niàn niàn bù wàng
- 舍生忘死 shě shēng wàng sǐ
- 数典忘祖 shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
- 没齿难忘 mò chǐ nán wàng
- 发愤忘食 fā fèn wàng shí
- 见利忘义 jiàn lì wàng yì
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