Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
陌生
mòshēng
Description
"陌生"的意思是不认识、不熟悉。
"陌生" means not knowing or being unfamiliar with something or someone.
我们常常用它来说一个不认识的人或者第一次去的地方。
We often use "陌生" to describe a person we don't know or a place we visit for the first time.
Meanings
陌生mòshēng
unfamiliar; strange; not known before
这个地方对我很陌生。
This place is very unfamiliar to me.
陌生人mòshēngrén
stranger; person one does not know
妈妈说不要和陌生人说话。
Mom said not to talk to strangers.
Related words
Notes
- Nuance
陌生 means unfamiliar; its opposite 熟悉 means familiar or well-acquainted.
- Etymology
陌 means a path between fields; here it evokes something unknown or foreign.
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