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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

陌生 [mòshēng]
  1. 1. adjective unfamiliar

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

陌生 [mòshēng]
  1. 1. strange; unfamiliar; unknown
    对这些年青人来说,养鹿是一件陌生的事情。
    Breeding deer was something completely new for these young people.
    陌生
    stranger

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

陌生 [mòshēng]
  1. 1. 生疏;不熟悉
    陌生的面孔。

Examples

当你到一个陌生的地方不认识路的时候,可以向民警问路。
When you are lost in an unknown place, you can ask the police for directions.
陌生
perfect stranger
完全陌生的人
foreign to
对…陌生
He is determined to move to an unknown city.
他已经决定要搬到一个陌生的城市。
Her eyes fell upon a handsome stranger.
她的眼睛落在一个英俊的陌生人身上。
It may mean learning an unfamiliar alphabet or a whole language.
这可能意味着学习一种陌生的字母表或者一整套语言。

Collocations

非常陌生
very unfamiliar
陌生
a stranger
陌生面孔
an unfamiliar face
感到陌生
to feel unfamiliar

Word Decomposition


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