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(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
HSK 7-9
nothing can surpass
HSK 7-9
can it be possible that / could it be
HSK 7-9
to be unable to find a solution / to be at wits' end
HSK 7-9
to change unpredictably / unpredictable / erratic / treacherous
HSK 7-9
please don't take offense; don't take it personally
inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
Tymoshenko (name) / Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
Mozambique (Tw)
Morales
profound mystery
Mojito
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  *莫* | 莫* | *莫
surname Mo
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  *莫* | 莫* | *莫
do not / there is none who
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer (Tw)
greatest / most important
to estimate; to guess / about; around; approximately
Somogy, a county in southwest Hungary, capital 考波什堡
mystery / unfathomable / enigmatic
Taiwan equivalent of 莫奈
indescribable (joy) / inexpressible (pleasure)
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
(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
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied.
(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
Modi (name) / Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014
none doesn't / there is none who isn't / everyone
enigmatic / beyond one's depth / unfathomable
Morse (name)
Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea
unpredictable / changeable
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
Moscow, capital of Russia
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
(Philippine President Fidel) Ramos
groundless; baseless
nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
Moroni, capital of Comoros (Tw)
you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it)
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy
Moroni, capital of Comoros
(old) name of a kind of leather
lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence / too far to be able to help
McDermott (name)
Ba Maw
(chemistry) mole (loanword) (Tw)
probably / perhaps / could it be that...?
Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Palermo, Italy
Mozambique
it would be better
Modest (name) / Modeste (name)
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
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)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) / fig. too late for regrets
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion
Moiseyev (name) / Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (1906-2007), choreographer of folk dance and founder of Moiseyev dance company
(loanword) amoxicillin
Kasimov (town in Russia)
Morrison (name)
Morecambe Bay
Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
variant of 莫名其妙
it's yours exclusively (idiom) / you are the one / only you deserve it / only you can do it
Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who discovered the Mohorovichich discontinuity or Moho
(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)
Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
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.
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
modafinil (loanword)
Mojave Desert, southwestern USA
Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
let alone / not to speak of (all the others)
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California
Maubeuge (French city)
Mohandas (name)
left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Razumovsky (name) / Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat
unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
equally true for (all the rest) / the same thing applies (for everyone)
there is no-one who doesn't know that
there is no-one who is not extravagant
countless / innumerable
Gulf of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma)
Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern
(loanword) mozzarella
Mousterian (a Palaeolithic culture)
Morse code
Mughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)
mole (Mexican sauce)
very friendly / intimate

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