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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. ink stick
  2. 2. China ink
  3. 3. corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

Example Sentences

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部長計劃下週訪問 西哥。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 6019718)

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Words Containing 墨

屠毒笔墨
tú dú bǐ mò

poisonous writing

文墨
wén mò

writing

墨西哥湾
mò xī gē wān

Gulf of Mexico

即墨市
jí mò shì

Jimo, county-level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛[qīng dǎo], Shandong

墨者
mò zhě

Mohist

墨鱼
mò yú

cuttlefish

新墨西哥州
xīn mò xī gē zhōu

New Mexico, US state

墨西哥卷饼
mò xī gē juǎn bǐng

taco

墨西哥
mò xī gē

Mexico

规矩绳墨
guī ju shéng mò

compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard

油墨
yóu mò

printing ink

近朱近墨
jìn zhū jìn mò

one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)

墨汁
mò zhī

prepared Chinese ink

挥毫洒墨
huī háo sǎ mò

to wield a writing brush (idiom)

墨客
mò kè

literary person

布莱特妮·墨菲
bù lái tè nī · mò fēi

Brittany Murphy (1977-2009), American actress

舞文弄墨
wǔ wén nòng mò

(idiom) to display one's facility with words

墨脱县
mò tuō xiàn

Mêdog county, Tibetan: Me tog rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

绳墨
shéng mò

lit. carpenter's straight line marker

乌漆墨黑
wū qī mò hēi

jet-black

墨西哥城
mò xī gē chéng

Mexico City, capital of Mexico

墨尔本
mò ěr běn

Melbourne, Australia

墨盒
mò hé

ink cartridge

徽墨
huī mò

Anhui ink (known for its quality)

墨砚
mò yàn

ink slab

墨江哈尼族自治县
mò jiāng hā ní zú zì zhì xiàn

Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan

墨累达令流域
mò lèi dá lìng liú yù

Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia

墨角兰
mò jiǎo lán

marjoram (Origanum majorana)

墨尔钵
mò ěr bō

see 墨爾本|墨尔本[mò ěr běn]

墨翟
mò dí

original name of Mozi 墨子[mò zǐ]

墨家
mò jiā

Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[mò zǐ]

墨绿色
mò lǜ sè

dark or deep green

墨玉县
mò yù xiàn

Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[hé tián dì qū], Xinjiang

笔墨
bǐ mò

pen and ink

墨绿
mò lǜ

dark green

即墨
jí mò

Jimo, county-level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛, Shandong

墨水
mò shuǐ

ink

墨迹
mò jì

ink marks

粉墨登场
fěn mò dēng chǎng

to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)

广记不如淡墨
guǎng jì bù rú dàn mò

see 好記性不如爛筆頭|好记性不如烂笔头[hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu]

墨纸
mò zhǐ

blotting paper

墨斗
mò dǒu

carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)

老墨
lǎo mò

(coll.) a Mexican

浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi

thick and heavy in colors

水墨画
shuǐ mò huà

ink and wash painting

墨笔
mò bǐ

writing brush

墨玉
mò yù

Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[hé tián dì qū], Xinjiang

墨西拿海峡
mò xī ná hǎi xiá

Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily

赫尔墨斯
hè ěr mò sī

Hermes (Greek god)

石墨气冷堆
shí mò qì lěng duī

gas-graphite reactor

墨水瓶架
mò shuǐ píng jià

inkstand

墨西哥人
mò xī gē rén

Mexican

墨镜
mò jìng

sunglasses

近朱者赤,近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi

those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)

输墨装置
shū mò zhuāng zhì

ink supply mechanism

墨渍
mò zì

ink stain

喷墨
pēn mò

ink jet

墨西拿
mò xī ná

Messina, Sicilian city

墨西哥辣椒
mò xī gē là jiāo

jalapeño

石墨碳
shí mò tàn

graphite carbon

石墨烯
shí mò xī

graphene

墨索里尼
mò suǒ lǐ ní

Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, \Il Duce\, president 1922-1943

墨条
mò tiáo

ink stick

墨湾
mò wān

Gulf of Mexico

墨竹工卡县
mò zhú gōng kǎ xiàn

Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet

词人墨客
cí rén mò kè

(idiom) writer; wordsmith

墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī

hidebound by convention (idiom)

回墨印
huí mò yìn

self-inking stamp

墨竹工卡
mò zhú gōng kǎ

Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet

石墨
shí mò

black lead

墨累
mò lèi

Murray (name)

墨刑
mò xíng

corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead

墨江县
mò jiāng xiàn

Mojiang Hani autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan

墨匣
mò xiá

ink cartridge

新墨西哥
xīn mò xī gē

New Mexico, US state

墨水儿
mò shuǐ r

erhua variant of 墨水

赫耳墨斯
hè ěr mò sī

Hermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the Gods

遗墨
yí mò

posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)

墨子
mò zǐ

Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[mò jiā] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

墨线
mò xiàn

inked line

着墨
zhuó mò

to describe (in writing, applying ink)

墨脱
mò tuō

Mêdog county, Tibetan: Me tog rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[lín zhī dì qū], Tibet

墨丘利
mò qiū lì

Mercury (Roman god)