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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。
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Words Containing 莫

一筹莫展
yī chóu mò zhǎn

to be unable to find a solution

莫名其妙
mò míng qí miào

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

莫过于
mò guò yú

nothing can surpass

莫非
mò fēi

can it be possible that

变幻莫测
biàn huàn mò cè

to change unpredictably

一辞莫赞
yī cí mò zàn

left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)

切莫
qiè mò

you must not

功莫大焉
gōng mò dà yān

no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)

卡西莫夫
kǎ xī mò fū

Kasimov (town in Russia)

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)

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])

噬脐莫及
shì qí mò jí

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

季莫申科
jì mò shēn kē

Tymoshenko (name)

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)

尤利娅·季莫申科
yóu lì yà · jì mò shēn kē

Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician

巴勒莫
bā lè mò

Palermo, Italy

巴莫
bā mò

Ba Maw

后悔莫及
hòu huǐ mò jí

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

爱莫利维尔
ài mò lì wéi ěr

Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California

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.

拉什莫尔山
lā shí mò ěr shān

Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

拉兹莫夫斯基
lā zī mò fū sī jī

Razumovsky (name)

拉莫斯
lā mò sī

(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos

是非莫辨
shì fēi mò biàn

unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)

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)

百思莫解
bǎi sī mò jiě

see 百思不解[bǎi sī bù jiě]

真伪莫辨
zhēn wěi mò biàn

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

知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù

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

神秘莫测
shén mì mò cè

mystery

科莫多龙
kē mò duō lóng

Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

约莫
yuē mo

about

绍莫吉州
shào mò jí zhōu

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

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.

莫不
mò bù

none doesn't

莫不是
mò bù shì

probably

莫不然
mò bù rán

equally true for (all the rest)

莫不闻
mò bù wén

there is no-one who doesn't know that

莫不逾侈
mò bù yú chǐ

there is no-one who is not extravagant

莫伊谢耶夫
mò yī xiè yē fū

Moiseyev (name)

莫伯日
mò bó rì

Maubeuge (French city)

莫杰斯特
mò jié sī tè

Modest (name)

莫克姆湾
mò kè mǔ wān

Morecambe Bay

莫内
mò nèi

Taiwan equivalent of 莫奈[mò nài]

莫利森
mò lì sēn

Morrison (name)

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

莫可名状
mò kě míng zhuàng

indescribable (joy)

莫可奈何
mò kě nài hé

see 無可奈何|无可奈何[wú kě nài hé]

莫可指数
mò kě zhǐ shǔ

countless

莫吉托
mò jí tuō

Mojito

莫名
mò míng

inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable

莫哈韦沙漠
mò hā wéi shā mò

Mojave Desert, southwestern USA

莫塔马湾
mò tǎ mǎ wān

Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma)

莫大
mò dà

greatest

莫奈
mò nài

Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter

莫如
mò rú

it would be better

莫尼卡·莱温斯基
mò ní kǎ · lái wēn sī jī

Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern

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)

莫扎特
mò zhā tè

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer

莫扎里拉
mò zā lǐ lā

mozzarella (loanword)

莫拉莱斯
mò lā lái sī

Morales

莫斯特
mò sī tè

Mousterian (a Palaeolithic culture)

莫斯科
mò sī kē

Moscow, capital of Russia

莫桑比克
mò sāng bǐ kè

Mozambique

莫泊桑
mò bó sāng

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

莫测高深
mò cè gāo shēn

enigmatic

莫尔斯
mò ěr sī

Morse (name)

莫尔斯电码
mò ěr sī diàn mǎ

Morse code

莫尔兹比港
mò ěr zī bǐ gǎng

Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea

莫罕达斯
mò hǎn dá sī

Mohandas (name)

莫罗尼
mò luó ní

Moroni, capital of Comoros

莫卧儿王朝
mò wò ér wáng cháo

Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)

莫衷一是
mò zhōng yī shì

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

莫言
mò yán

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

莫讲
mò jiǎng

let alone

莫迪
mò dí

Modi (name)

莫逆
mò nì

very friendly

莫逆之交
mò nì zhī jiāo

intimate friendship

莫达非尼
mò dá fēi ní

modafinil (loanword)

莫里哀
mò lǐ āi

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

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)

莫霍面
mò huò miàn

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

莫须有
mò xū yǒu

groundless; baseless

莫高窟
mò gāo kū

Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu

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!

变化莫测
biàn huà mò cè

unpredictable

贝尔莫潘
bèi ěr mò pān

Belmopan, capital of Belize

追悔莫及
zhuī huǐ mò jí

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

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)

阿莫西林
ā mò xī lín

amoxicillin (loanword)

阿西莫夫
ā xī mò fū

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

非你莫属
fēi nǐ mò shǔ

it's yours exclusively (idiom)

鞭长莫及
biān cháng mò jí

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

高深莫测
gāo shēn mò cè

profound mystery

麦克德莫特
mài kè dé mò tè

McDermott (name)