广记不如淡墨

Traditional form:

廣記不如淡墨

Pinyin (reading):

guǎngjìbùrúdànmò

Definitions:

• see 好記性不如爛筆頭／好记性不如烂笔头 (hǎojìxìngbùrúlànbǐtóu)

Characters:

• 广 - broad, vast, wide; building, house
• 记 - mark, sign; to note, to record
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 淡 - watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
• 墨 - ink; writing; Mexico

Traditional characters:

• 廣 - broad, vast, wide; building, house
• 記 - mark, sign; to note, to record
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 淡 - watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
• 墨 - ink; writing; Mexico