默默无闻 — Chinese idiom
默默无闻
mò mò wú wén
Traditional: 默默無聞
Meaning
- unknown; unrenowned
Character by character
- 默mòsilent; quiet, still; dark
- 默mòsilent; quiet, still; dark
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known
Idioms sharing a character
- 沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán
- 沉默是金 chén mò shì jīn
- 潜神默记 qián shén mò jì
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
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