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


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