贵人多忘事

Guìrén duō wàng shì

— Important people forget a lot —

HSK 3 · Lesson 11

Important people forget a lot

The Chinese saying "贵人多忘事": a busy person forgets small things — today said out of politeness, and sometimes with irony.

“贵人多忘事”，这里的“贵人”是做大官的人或者做大生意的人。

这句话的意思是做大官或者做大生意的人因为事情太多，所以常常会忘记做一些小事。