莫（mò）


字形：



会意字，本义是"日落的时候"。字形显示傍晚时太阳从草丛中落下去。后来"莫"字假借为"不要"等义，于是又加了"日"新造了"暮"字以表本义。
This character is an associative compound with the original meaning "the time of sunset." It looks like the sun falling down to the grass. Later, "莫" was used to mean "not; don't," so a new character "暮" was created to express the original meaning.


字义：

not, don't

组词：

莫不：mòbù/there's no one who doesn't or isn't

莫讲：mòjiǎng/let alone

莫大：mòdà/greatest

莫名其妙：mòmíngqímiào /inexplicable; to be baffled

例句：

1. 老师都不能回答这个问题，莫讲学生了。
Lǎoshī dōu bùnéng huídá zhè ge wèntí，mòjiǎng xuéshēng le。
Even the teacher couldn't answer this question, let alone the students.


2. 爱情是一种莫名其妙的东西。
Àiqíng shì yì zhǒng mòmíngqímiào de dōngxi。
Love is an inexplicable thing.


图片来源：http://blog.163.com/history_tian/blog/static/70635679201181125527407/

• character [´kæriktə]   n.特性；性质；人物；字   (初中英语单词)
• compound [kəm´paund]   n.&a.混合(的) v.合成   (初中英语单词)
• inexplicable [,inik´splikəbəl]   a.难以理解的   (英语六级单词)