莫名其妙 — Chinese idiom
莫名其妙
mò míng qí miào
Meaning
- baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
Character by character
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 妙miàomysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful
Idioms sharing a character
- 功莫大焉 gōng mò dà yān
- 噬脐莫及 shì qí mò jí
- 后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí
- 爱莫能助 ài mò néng zhù
- 是非莫辨 shì fēi mò biàn
- 望尘莫及 wàng chén mò jí
- 百口莫辩 bǎi kǒu mò biàn
- 真伪莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn
- 莫衷一是 mò zhōng yī shì
- 讳莫如深 huì mò rú shēn
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