墨
mò
Pinyin

Definition

墨
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mò
  1. ink stick
  2. China ink
  3. CL:塊|块[kuài]
  4. corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
墨
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Mò
  1. surname Mo
  2. abbr. for 墨西哥[Mò xī gē], Mexico

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

墨
Mò
  1. 1 surname Mo
  2. 2 abbr. for 墨西哥[Mò xī gē], Mexico
墨家
Mò jiā
  1. 1 Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[Mò zǐ]
墨迹
mò jì
  1. 1 ink marks
  2. 2 original calligraphy or painting of famous person
墨水
mò shuǐ
  1. 1 ink
  2. 2 classifier: 瓶 píng
墨尔本
Mò ěr běn
  1. 1 Melbourne, Australia

Idioms (8)

墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī
  1. 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
挥毫洒墨
huī háo sǎ mò
  1. 1 to wield a writing brush (idiom)
浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi
  1. 1 thick and heavy in colors
  2. 2 to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
粉墨登场
fěn mò dēng chǎng
  1. 1 to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
规矩绳墨
guī ju shéng mò
  1. 1 compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard
  2. 2 norms
  3. 3 criteria

Sample Sentences

黑云翻墨未遮山，
hēiyún fānmò wèi zhē shān ，
Black clouds like spilled ink spread fast and about to cover the mountains
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笔、墨、纸、砚
bǐ 、mò 、zhǐ 、yàn
Pen, Ink, Paper, and Ink Stone
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开始写字之前，把整个笔毛都沾上墨汁，然后在砚台的边边上把多余的墨汁弄掉。
kāishǐ xiězì zhīqián ，bǎ zhěnggè bǐ máo dōu zhān shàng mòzhī ，ránhòu zài yàntái de biān biān shàng bǎ duōyú de mòzhī nòng diào 。
Before you start writing, you should cover the whole brush with ink. Then remove the excess ink on the edge of the ink stone.
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毛笔沾墨汁的时候，不要转动，不然笔毛会交错扭曲，不好写。
máobǐ zhān mòzhī de shíhou ，bù yào zhuǎndòng ，bùrán bǐ máo huì jiāocuò niǔqǔ ，bù hǎo xiě 。
When you are dabbing the brush in ink, don't spin it. The bristles of the brush will become twisted and intertwined, making it difficult to write.
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墨索里尼，一个大独裁者。从1922年到1943年期间，法西斯政党就统治了整个义大利。
Mòsuǒlǐní ，yī gè dà dúcáizhě 。cóng 1922 nián dào 1943 nián qījiān ，Fǎxīsī zhèngdǎng jiù tǒngzhì le zhěnggè Yìdàlì 。
Mussolini, a great dictator. From 1922 to 1943 the Fascist Party ruled the whole of Italy.
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因为墨索里尼在《德意同盟条约》签定后不久，评价说‘柏林和罗马的垂直线不是壁垒，而是轴心’。
yīnwèi Mòsuǒlǐní zài 《 déyì tóngméng tiáoyuē 》qiāndìng hòu bùjiǔ ，píngjià shuō ‘Bólín hé Luómǎ de chuízhíxiàn bùshì bìlěi ，érshì zhóuxīn ’。
Soon after Mussolini signed a German-Italy treaty, he declared that "this vertical line between Rome and Berlin is not a dividing-line, but rather an axis."
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遇到小F样的前台奇葩，把惜墨如金发展到极致，多一个字都懒得再说，去办事前，得先在网上弄清相关手续，最好自食其力做足功课，别指望从小F嘴里抠出一个有用的字。
yùdào xiǎo F yàng de qiántái qípā ，bǎ xímòrújiān fāzhǎn dào jízhì ，duō yī ge zì dōu lǎndé zàishuō ，qù bànshì qián ，děi xiān zài wǎngshàng nòngqīng xiāngguān shǒuxù ，zuìhǎo zìshíqílì zuòzú gōngkè ，bié zhǐwàng cóngxiǎo F zuǐlǐ kōuchū yī ge yǒuyòng de zì 。
Or meeting the weird Little F person at the front desk, who is stingy to the extreme with their words, too lazy to say more than one word, before starting the paperwork, you must first clearly understand the relevant procedures online, it's best to do your own homework and not expect to dig out one useful word from Little F's mouth.
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汲取门前鉴湖水，酿得绍酒万里香”。黄酒可谓是绍兴的城市名片。作为世界三大酿制古酒之一，甘润的老酒也激发了无数骚人墨客的灵感，孕育出了这方水土的文化底蕴。千百年来，绍兴钟灵毓秀，人才辈出。
jíqǔ ménqián jiànhú shuǐ ，niàng dé shàojiǔ wàn lǐ xiāng ”。huángjiǔ kěwèi shì Shàoxīng de chéngshì míngpiàn 。zuòwéi shìjiè sān dà niàngzhì gǔ jiǔ zhīyī ，gānrùn de lǎo jiǔ yě jīfā le wúshù sāorénmòkè de línggǎn ，yùnyù chū le zhè fāng shuǐtǔ de wénhuà dǐyùn 。qiānbǎinián lái ，Shàoxīng zhōnglíngyùxiù ，réncái bèichū 。
"Drawing water from the neighbouring Jian Lake, the reputation of the Shaoxing wine distilled here has spread far and wide." Huangjiu can be said to be the calling card of the city of Shaoxing. As the world's third largest brewer of traditional Chinese liquors, the sweet thirst-quenching Shaoxing wine has served as inspiration for many literati and shaped the local cultural scene. For thousands of years Shaoxing has served as a breeding ground for literati and talent has emerged in great numbers.
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哈哈，是是，我错了我错了，诶，你这笔墨纸砚文房四宝都备齐了，是要开工作室？这些字画都是谁作的啊？
hāhā ，shì shì ，wǒ cuò le wǒ cuò le ，èi ，nǐ zhè bǐmò zhǐ yàn wénfángsìbǎo dōu bèi qí le ，shì yào kāi gōngzuòshì ？zhèxiē zìhuà dōu shì shéi zuò de ā ？
Ha ha, yes, yes, I'm in the wrong, I'm in the wrong. Ah, you've got the four essentials for calligraphy: the pen, the ink, paper and ink stone, are you starting a workshop? Whose are all these character drawings?
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知道，刚才去城西的花鸟市场逛了逛，顺便就买了笔、墨、纸、砚，贵了点，不过方便。
zhīdào ，gāngcái qù chéngxī de huāniǎoshìchǎng guàng le guàng ，shùnbiàn jiù mǎi le bǐ 、mò 、zhǐ 、yàn ，guì le diǎnr ，búguò fāngbiàn 。
Yes, I just went to the flower and bird market in the west of the city and bought a brush, ink, paper and an ink stone. It was all a little expensive, but quite convenient.
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