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莫
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Definitions
- 1. do not
- 2. there is none who
Example Sentences
1 shown莫 莉有一個大時鐘。
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Words Containing 莫
Morse (name)
Modest (name)
McDermott (name)
amoxicillin (loanword)
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice
about
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
probably
Mousterian (a Palaeolithic culture)
Morecambe Bay
Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who discovered the Mohorovichich discontinuity or Moho
Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
Morse code
see 無可奈何|无可奈何[wú kě nài hé]
you must not
Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern
Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
mystery
unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
modafinil (loanword)
mozzarella (loanword)
equally true for (all the rest)
Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea
nothing can surpass
Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma)
Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California
important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone!
(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
very friendly
If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
groundless; baseless
Morales
it would be better
Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
(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)
countless
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
intimate friendship
Belmopan, capital of Belize
Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)
Mozambique
profound mystery
Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)
Kasimov (town in Russia)
there is no-one who is not extravagant
Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
none doesn't
left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
Mojave Desert, southwestern USA
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
it's yours exclusively (idiom)
Morrison (name)
there is no-one who doesn't know that
Maubeuge (French city)
Mohandas (name)
Razumovsky (name)
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
Taiwan equivalent of 莫奈[mò nài]
let alone
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer
Modi (name)
enigmatic
Moscow, capital of Russia
Ba Maw
can it be possible that
to be unable to find a solution
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)
unpredictable
Moroni, capital of Comoros
Mojito
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.
Somogy county in southwest Hungary, capital 考波什堡[kǎo bō shí bǎo]
to change unpredictably
Moiseyev (name)
Tymoshenko (name)
nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
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.
inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
see 百思不解[bǎi sī bù jiě]
greatest
lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence
can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Palermo, Italy
lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom)
indescribable (joy)