好记性不如烂笔头 in English hao3 ji4 xing4 bu4 ru2 lan4 bi3 tou2 Meaning

Meanings

  • the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

好 记 性 不 如 烂 笔 头

Traditional Characters

好 記 性 不 如 爛 筆 頭

Pinyin

hao3 ji4 xing4 bu4 ru2 lan4 bi3 tou2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

好hao3good 记ji4to record 性xing4nature 不bu4(negative prefix) 如ru2as 烂lan4soft 笔bi3pen 头tou2head