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默默无闻

mòmòwúwén

unknown; obscure; quietly unnoticed

A person quietly watering plants away from a crowd
Memory picture

Characters in this word

默 mò

Strokes
16
Radical
黑 — black
Made of
黑 black 犬 dog
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 默

无 wú

Strokes
4
Radical
无 — no, not
Made of
一 one 尢 weak, lame

闻 wén

Strokes
9
Radical
门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
Made of
门 gate, door, entrance, opening 耳 ear
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 他默默无闻地在山村教了一辈子书。 Tā mòmòwúwén de zài shāncūn jiāo le yí bèizi shū. He taught in a mountain village all his life, unknown to the world.
  • 这位工人默默无闻,却把工厂的机器维护得很好。 Zhè wèi gōngrén mòmòwúwén, què bǎ gōngchǎng de jīqì wéihù de hěn hǎo. This worker is unknown, yet he keeps the factory's machines in great shape.
  • 很多默默无闻的志愿者在雨中帮大家搬东西。 Hěn duō mòmòwúwén de zhìyuànzhě zài yǔ zhōng bāng dàjiā bān dōngxi. Many unsung volunteers helped everyone carry things in the rain.

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