莫衷一是 — Chinese idiom
莫衷一是
mò zhōng yī shì
Meaning
- unable to reach a decision ; cannot agree on the right choice
- no unanimous decision
- still a matter of discussion
Character by character
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 衷zhōngsincere, heartfelt
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
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
- 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào
- 讳莫如深 huì mò rú shēn
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