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


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