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HSK
ink / CL:
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墨* | 墨* | *墨
ink stick / China ink / CL: 塊|块 / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
HSK 7-9
(coll.) a Mexican
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墨* | 墨* | *墨
surname Mo / abbr. for 墨西哥, Mexico
(Tw) Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini
ink cartridge
ink supply mechanism
burrito / taco
thick and heavy in colors / to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico City, capital of Mexico
dark green / forest green
pen and ink / words / writing
Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子
jet-black / pitch-dark
Mercury (Roman god)
graphene
to describe (in writing, applying ink)
printing ink
dark or deep green
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
Mexico
to wield a writing brush (idiom)
ink (used in painting)
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
ink and wash painting
Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
(idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology ( was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨)
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱, Yunnan
compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
Melbourne, Australia
ink jet
cuttlefish
toner (for a laser printer)
New Mexico, US state
Mozi (c. 470–391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家, which flourished during the Warring States period (475–220 BC)
black lead / graphite / plumbago
Mexican
ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person
sunglasses / CL:
Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
Mohist / follower of Mohist school
Messina, Sicilian city
writing brush
writing / culture
ink cartridge
ink stick
prepared Chinese ink
graphite carbon
one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)
hidebound by convention (idiom)
Mojiang Hani autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱, Yunnan
Hermes (Greek god)
Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
literary person
ink stain / ink blot / spot / smudge
original name of Mozi 墨子
jalapeño
inkstand
Anhui ink (known for its quality)
corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead
(idiom) writer; wordsmith
Gulf of Mexico
Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia
ink slab / ink stone
poisonous writing / disparaging writing / calumny
self-inking stamp
lit. carpenter's straight line marker / same as 墨斗 / fig. rules / rules and regulations
e-ink screen; e-paper display
Belmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)
posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)
Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily
blotting paper
Murray (name)
Hermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the Gods
solder mask (applied to a circuit board)
erhua variant of 墨水
carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)


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