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1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey

记

jì

1 to record
2 to note
3 to memorize
4 to remember
5 mark
6 sign
7 classifier for blows, kicks, shots

Idioms (4)

好记性不如烂笔头

hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu

1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)

忆苦思甜

yì kǔ sī tián

1 to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)

潜神默记

qián shén mò jì

1 to devote oneself to a task in silence (idiom)

记忆犹新

jì yì yóu xīn

1 to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)

Sample Sentences

对了，说到上赛季的比赛，我记忆犹新的还是西部半决赛，休斯敦火箭队和洛杉矶快船队的那一轮季后赛。

duìle ，shuōdào shàng sàijì de bǐsài ，wǒ jìyìyóuxīn de háishì xībù bàn juésài ，xiūsīdūn Huǒjiànduì hé Luòshānjī kuàichuánduì de nà yī lún jìhòusài 。

Yes, talking of the previous season, the Western Conference semifinals are still fresh in my memory, the postseason series of matches between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers.

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这还要查呀！科技的发展果然大幅降低了你的记忆力。

zhè hái yào chá ya ！kējì de fāzhǎn guǒrán dàfú jiàngdī le nǐ de jìyìlì 。

Even this you need to look up? Technological development has really made your memory deteriorate dramatically.

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是呀！早在过去刚开始流行书本的时候，苏格拉底就曾说，人越是习惯写下自己的想法，及阅读他人的想法，记忆就越差。

shì ya ！zǎozài guòqù gāng kāishǐ liúxíng shūběn de shíhou ，Sūgélādǐ jiù céng shuō ，rén yuèshì xíguàn xiěxià zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ ，jí yuèdú tārén de xiǎngfǎ ，jìyì jiù yuè chà 。

Yeah! Long ago when books were just becoming popular, Socrates once said, the more people get used to writing down their thoughts, and reading the thoughts of others, the more people's memory gets worse.

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现在回头想想，除了记忆力退化，我的社交模式，和思考方式跟过去比起来，落差”狠”大，是狠狠地大。

xiànzài huítóu xiǎngxiang ，chúle jìyìlì tuìhuà ，wǒ de shèjiāo móshì ，hé sīkǎo fāngshì gēn guòqù bǐqǐlai ，luòchā ”hěn ”dà ，shì hěn hěn de dà 。

Thinking back now, as well as my memory deteriorating, my social skills and ability to think have deteriorated aggressively, very aggressively.

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我可不只学语言，我也读一些语言学和语言学习的书啊！我读过一篇文章，作者提到，语言不只会影响思维模式，还会影响记忆。

wǒ kě bùzhǐ xué yǔyán ，wǒ yě dú yīxiē yǔyánxué hé yǔyán xuéxí de shū ā ！wǒ dú guò yī piān wénzhāng ，zuòzhě tídào ，yǔyán bùzhǐ huì yǐngxiǎng sīwéimóshì ，hái huì yǐngxiǎng jìyì 。

I don't just study languages, I've also read some books on linguistics and language acquisition! I read one article in which the author mentioned that language not only influences the way you think, but it also affects your memory.

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你看吧！我是中文记忆，把你扛回家的是姑丈！

nǐ kàn ba ！wǒ shì Zhōngwén jìyì ，bǎ nǐ káng huíjiā de shì gūzhàng ！

See! I have a Chinese memory. It was my dad's sister's husband who carried you back home!

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我周五下午的记忆可都停留在家教老师家了。四五个小孩围在一起痛苦地写作业，数学是我的噩梦，我妈非让我去补习。

wǒ zhōuwǔ xiàwǔ de jìyì kě dōu tíngliú zài jiājiào lǎoshī jiā le 。sì wǔ gè xiǎohái wéi zàiyīqǐ tòngkǔ de xiě zuòyè ，shùxué shì wǒ de èmèng ，wǒ mā fēi ràng wǒ qù bǔxí 。

My memories of Friday afternoons are of being stuck at my tutor's house. Four or five children gathered round in a circle doing their homework. Mathematics was a nightmare for me, so my mum insisted on sending me to cram school.

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费城七六人已经是衰队的代名词了，但曾经这支队伍也给我们带来过很多难忘的记忆啊。

fèichéng qīliùrén yǐjīng shì shuāi duì de dàimíngcí le ，dàn céngjīng zhè zhī duìwǔ yě gěi wǒmen dàilái guò hěn duō nánwàng de jìyì ā 。

The Philadelphia 76ers have already become a byword for a bad team, but previously the team brought us some unforgettable moments.

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是我记忆中那团白云背后的蓝天。

shì wǒ jìyì zhōng nà tuán báiyún bèihòu de lántiān 。

In my memory it’s a blue sky covered in white clouds

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学生们通过训练已经能掌握提高记忆力的方法。

xuéshēng men tōngguò xùnliàn yǐjīng néng zhǎngwò tígāo jìyìlì de fāngfǎ 。

Through training, the students have already mastered ways to improve their memory.

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