A dog will bark at strangers.
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陌生
mò shēng
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5
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mò shēng · mak6 sang1 (Jyutping)
- strange; unfamiliar
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
The dog barked at the stranger.
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