| 莫 | 288B00 20A.81-4 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄇㄛˋ [mo4] | ||
| N. | (Rare) u.f. 暮 [mu4], late afternoon, late year. | |||||
| Adv. | Not, be not, do not (imperative mood, but more often subjunctive) in combination 莫不，莫非 “might it not be” in sense of conjecture: 莫說 don's say that; 莫要這樣 do not be like this; 莫管，莫教 (MC) do not let (s.t. happen); 莫不是，莫不成 could it be that? unless it be (his fault); 莫過（於） nothing is better than: 學問莫過於某君 no better scholar than Mr. X; 莫大於 nothing is greater, more important than; 哀莫大於心死 the greatest pity is the death of the human heart (Mencius), see following special phrases. | |||||
| Words | 1. 莫非 [mo4fei1], phr., unless it be: 莫非是他 perhaps it is he; 莫非是他錯了 perhaps it was his mistake; 普天之下，莫非王土 all this territory belongs to the king. 2. 莫怪 [mo4guai4], phr., it is not surprising that (the child will not eat, having eaten already): 莫怪人家這樣說你 so that is why people say this of you; 請莫怪 (modest) please do not blame me. 3. 莫名 [mo4ming2], phr., difficult to express: 莫名其妙 (not 莫明) difficult to guess what it is all about; 感戴莫名 do not know how to express my gratitude. 4. 莫逆 [mo4ni4], adj., in 莫逆之交 friend with complete mutual understanding. 5. 莫若 [mo4ruo4], 莫如 [mo4ru2], conj. phr., nothing better than, it would be better to: 莫如回去，和他絕交 it is better to go home, to break relations with him; 以為天下莫己若也 (LL) thinks he has no equal in this world. 6. 莫須有 [mo4xU1you3], phr., famous decision of collaborator 秦檜 who had the great general 岳飛 killed by announcing these three words (三字獄) “it is unnecessary” to proffer charges or prove anything. | |||||