漠
mò
desert
unconcerned
water (氵) + sound mò (莫) = vast, empty desert
莫 gives the sound mò; the water radical grounds the meaning in a vast, waterless expanse — a landscape defined by the very absence of water. The sense of emotional unconcern extends from that image of emptiness and blankness.
沙漠里的水比金子还贵。
shā mò lǐ de shuǐ bǐ jīn zi hái guì。
Water in the desert is more precious than gold.
他对别人的痛苦感到漠然。
tā duì bié rén de tòng kǔ gǎn dào mò rán。
He feels indifferent toward other people's suffering.
Words with 漠
沙漠化
shā mò huà
desertification
大漠
dà mò
desert
鄂尔多斯沙漠
è ěr duō sī shā mò
Ordos Desert, Inner Mongolia
阿法尔沙漠
ā fǎ ěr shā mò
Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia
腾格里沙漠
téng gé lǐ shā mò
Tengger Desert, located in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia
亚洲漠地林莺
yà zhōu mò dì lín yīng
(bird species of China) Asian desert warbler (Curruca nana)
冷漠
lěng mò
cold and detached towards sb
古尔班通古特沙漠
gǔ ěr bān tōng gǔ tè shā mò
Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang
塔克拉玛干沙漠
tǎ kè lā mǎ gān shā mò
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
库姆塔格沙漠
kù mǔ tǎ gé shā mò
Kumutage (or Kumtag) Desert, northwestern China
广漠
guǎng mò
vast and empty
微漠
wēi mò
faint (almost inaudible or invisible)