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末日

mòrì

doomsday; the end

A person and a dog looking at a huge red sun
Memory picture

Characters in this word

末 mò

Strokes
5
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

日 rì

Strokes
4
Radical
日 — sun
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 小说里描写了世界末日来临前最后一天的故事。 Xiǎoshuō lǐ miáoxiě le shìjiè mòrì láilín qián zuìhòu yì tiān de gùshi. The novel describes the story of the last day before the end of the world.
  • 孩子们常常把考试的前一天说成是自己的末日。 Háizimen chángcháng bǎ kǎoshì de qián yì tiān shuō chéng shì zìjǐ de mòrì. Kids often joke that the day before an exam is their doomsday.
  • 每到月底,想到信用卡账单,我就觉得末日到了。 Měi dào yuèdǐ, xiǎngdào xìnyòngkǎ zhàngdān, wǒ jiù juéde mòrì dào le. At the end of every month, thinking of the credit card bill makes me feel the end is near.

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