Sunday, August 21, 2005

To Forget -- Flee from the Heart

I'm in middle of studying Chinese right now, but I thought I'd take a break to share an interesting insight.

The Chinese character for "forget" is 忘 (wàng). It has two parts: 亡 (wáng), meaning "run away," and 心 (xīn), meaning "heart."

So forgetting something (or even someone) is seen as something fleeing from your heart. How romantic....

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