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


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