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

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