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to be unable to find a solution / to be at wits' end
HSK 7-9
can it be possible that / could it be
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *莫* | 莫* | *莫
surname Mo
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *莫* | 莫* | *莫
do not / there is none who
(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
HSK 7-9
nothing can surpass
HSK 7-9
Morecambe Bay
unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) / fig. too late for regrets
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.
If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it)
equally true for (all the rest) / the same thing applies (for everyone)
Moscow, capital of Russia
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
let alone / not to speak of (all the others)
groundless; baseless
to change unpredictably / unpredictable / erratic / treacherous
HSK 7-9
inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
Kasimov (town in Russia)
Ba Maw
mystery / unfathomable / enigmatic
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
Mojave Desert, southwestern USA
Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)
(loanword) amoxicillin
McDermott (name)
Mozambique
Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu
can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
to estimate; to guess / about; around; approximately
modafinil (loanword)
(idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears; to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence
intimate friendship / bosom buddies
profound mystery
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
none doesn't / there is none who isn't / everyone
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
there is no-one who doesn't know that
Mojito
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied.
please don't take offense; don't take it personally
Moiseyev (name) / Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (1906-2007), choreographer of folk dance and founder of Moiseyev dance company
Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
(the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: + (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)
probably / perhaps / could it be that...?
countless / innumerable
(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
Morse (name)
Mohandas (name)
Morrison (name)
Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea
Moroni, capital of Comoros
Modi (name) / Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014
Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who discovered the Mohorovichich discontinuity or Moho
lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
(loanword) mozzarella
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
Tymoshenko (name) / Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
(chemistry) mole (loanword) (Tw)
Mozambique (Tw)
Morales
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer (Tw)
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
enigmatic / beyond one's depth / unfathomable
Somogy, a county in southwest Hungary, capital 考波什堡
Taiwan equivalent of 莫奈
Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere) / abbr. to 莫霍面
Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
Belmopan, capital of Belize
greatest / most important
Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern
(old) name of a kind of leather
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer
Palermo, Italy
it would be better
indescribable (joy) / inexpressible (pleasure)
it's yours exclusively (idiom) / you are the one / only you deserve it / only you can do it
Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Mousterian (a Palaeolithic culture)
very friendly / intimate
unpredictable / changeable
Modest (name) / Modeste (name)
Moroni, capital of Comoros (Tw)
Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
there is no-one who is not extravagant
mole (Mexican sauce)
Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

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