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Definitions

  1. 1. do not
  2. 2. there is none who

Example Sentences

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莉有一個大時鐘。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 835694)

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Words Containing 莫

莫尔斯
mò ěr sī

Morse (name)

莫杰斯特
mò jié sī tè

Modest (name)

麦克德莫特
mài kè dé mò tè

McDermott (name)

阿莫西林
ā mò xī lín

amoxicillin (loanword)

莫里哀
mò lǐ āi

Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy

莫衷一是
mò zhōng yī shì

unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice

约莫
yuē mo

about

哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ

nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])

莫不是
mò bù shì

probably

莫斯特
mò sī tè

Mousterian (a Palaeolithic culture)

莫克姆湾
mò kè mǔ wān

Morecambe Bay

莫力达瓦达斡尔族自治旗
mò lì dá wǎ dá wò ěr zú zì zhì qí

Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

莫霍洛维奇
mò huò luò wéi qí

Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who discovered the Mohorovichich discontinuity or Moho

莫高窟
mò gāo kū

Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu

莫尔斯电码
mò ěr sī diàn mǎ

Morse code

莫可奈何
mò kě nài hé

see 無可奈何|无可奈何[wú kě nài hé]

切莫
qiè mò

you must not

莫尼卡·莱温斯基
mò ní kǎ · lái wēn sī jī

Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern

尤利娅·季莫申科
yóu lì yà · jì mò shēn kē

Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician

莫奈
mò nài

Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter

神秘莫测
shén mì mò cè

mystery

是非莫辨
shì fēi mò biàn

unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

莫达非尼
mò dá fēi ní

modafinil (loanword)

莫扎里拉
mò zā lǐ lā

mozzarella (loanword)

莫不然
mò bù rán

equally true for (all the rest)

莫尔兹比港
mò ěr zī bǐ gǎng

Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea

莫过于
mò guò yú

nothing can surpass

莫塔马湾
mò tǎ mǎ wān

Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma)

爱莫利维尔
ài mò lì wéi ěr

Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California

讳莫如深
huì mò rú shēn

important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone!

莫名其妙
mò míng qí miào

(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable

莫逆
mò nì

very friendly

过而能改,善莫大焉
guò ér néng gǎi , shàn mò dà yān

If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)

功莫大焉
gōng mò dà yān

no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)

莫须有
mò xū yǒu

groundless; baseless

莫拉莱斯
mò lā lái sī

Morales

莫如
mò rú

it would be better

莫霍洛维奇不连续面
mò huò luò wéi qí bù lián xù miàn

Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)

各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

拉莫斯
lā mò sī

(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos

科莫多龙
kē mò duō lóng

Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

莫属
mò shǔ

(the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: 非[fēi] + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning \to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)\) (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute)

莫可指数
mò kě zhǐ shǔ

countless

后悔莫及
hòu huǐ mò jí

too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.

莫逆之交
mò nì zhī jiāo

intimate friendship

贝尔莫潘
bèi ěr mò pān

Belmopan, capital of Belize

莫卧儿王朝
mò wò ér wáng cháo

Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)

莫桑比克
mò sāng bǐ kè

Mozambique

高深莫测
gāo shēn mò cè

profound mystery

莫霍面
mò huò miàn

Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)

卡西莫夫
kǎ xī mò fū

Kasimov (town in Russia)

莫不逾侈
mò bù yú chǐ

there is no-one who is not extravagant

莫言
mò yán

Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature

莫不
mò bù

none doesn't

一辞莫赞
yī cí mò zàn

left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)

莫哈韦沙漠
mò hā wéi shā mò

Mojave Desert, southwestern USA

家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn

Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)

非你莫属
fēi nǐ mò shǔ

it's yours exclusively (idiom)

莫利森
mò lì sēn

Morrison (name)

莫不闻
mò bù wén

there is no-one who doesn't know that

莫伯日
mò bó rì

Maubeuge (French city)

莫罕达斯
mò hǎn dá sī

Mohandas (name)

拉兹莫夫斯基
lā zī mò fū sī jī

Razumovsky (name)

阿西莫夫
ā xī mò fū

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist

莫内
mò nèi

Taiwan equivalent of 莫奈[mò nài]

莫讲
mò jiǎng

let alone

莫扎特
mò zhā tè

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer

莫迪
mò dí

Modi (name)

莫测高深
mò cè gāo shēn

enigmatic

莫斯科
mò sī kē

Moscow, capital of Russia

巴莫
bā mò

Ba Maw

莫非
mò fēi

can it be possible that

一筹莫展
yī chóu mò zhǎn

to be unable to find a solution

望尘莫及
wàng chén mò jí

lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)

变化莫测
biàn huà mò cè

unpredictable

莫罗尼
mò luó ní

Moroni, capital of Comoros

莫吉托
mò jí tuō

Mojito

爱莫能助
ài mò néng zhù

unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.

绍莫吉州
shào mò jí zhōu

Somogy county in southwest Hungary, capital 考波什堡[kǎo bō shí bǎo]

变幻莫测
biàn huàn mò cè

to change unpredictably

莫伊谢耶夫
mò yī xiè yē fū

Moiseyev (name)

季莫申科
jì mò shēn kē

Tymoshenko (name)

知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù

nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)

若要人不知,除非己莫为
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi

If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

莫名
mò míng

inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable

百思莫解
bǎi sī mò jiě

see 百思不解[bǎi sī bù jiě]

莫大
mò dà

greatest

鞭长莫及
biān cháng mò jí

lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence

真伪莫辨
zhēn wěi mò biàn

can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake

莫泊桑
mò bó sāng

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer

追悔莫及
zhuī huǐ mò jí

too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.

拉什莫尔山
lā shí mò ěr shān

Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

巴勒莫
bā lè mò

Palermo, Italy

噬脐莫及
shì qí mò jí

lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom)

莫可名状
mò kě míng zhuàng

indescribable (joy)