漠 mò desert
desert; indifferent
How to remember 漠: 氵 water + 莫 cannot = desert. The camel driver shakes his empty water bottle and sighs that he cannot find a single drop anywhere in this desert.
Component breakdown
漠 = 氵 water + 莫 cannot
- 氵 water
- 莫 cannot
The camel driver shakes his empty water bottle and sighs that he cannot find a single drop anywhere in this desert.
How it is used
- Literal sense is desert, seen in 沙漠 shāmò (the standard word for "desert").
- Figurative sense is cold indifference: 冷漠 lěngmò describes a person who is emotionally distant or unresponsive to others' feelings - a common word for criticizing someone's attitude.
- 漠然 mòrán (indifferent, apathetic) and the idiom 漠不关心 mòbùguānxīn ("couldn't care less") both build on this figurative sense rather than the literal desert one.
Words with 漠
Example sentences
- 沙漠的气候很干燥。 Shāmò de qìhòu hěn gānzào.The climate of the desert is very dry.