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莫名其妙

mok6 ming4 kei4 miu6

mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4

mysterious; without reason; odd; mystifying; baffling; puzzling; perplexing; unaccountable; strange

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

莫名其妙

This word was added by tym on 22nd Mar 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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莫 mok6 mou6 mi4 mo4 {mu4} | mu4 {mi4 mo4} - [1] not; do not; is not; can not [2] a Chinese
名 meng4 ming4 meng4*2 ming4*2 ming2 - name, title
其 kei4 gei1 gei3 qi2 ji1 - he; she; it
妙 miu6 miao4 - wonderful; ingenious

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