silent

to write from memory

a picture of 默 → a dog watching silently in the dark

The character combines a dog (犬) beneath darkness (黑), evoking the still, watchful quiet of an animal on guard at night. That image of wordless vigilance extends to writing from memory — recalling something in silence.

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默地坐在角落里,一句话也不说。

tā mò mò de zuò zài jiǎo luò lǐ, yī jù huà yě bù shuō。

He sat silently in the corner, not saying a single word.

老师让我们把这首诗写在纸上。

lǎo shī ràng wǒ men bǎ zhè shǒu shī mò xiě zài zhǐ shàng。

The teacher asked us to write this poem from memory on paper.

Words with 默

阿尔茨海默

ā ěr cí hǎi mò

Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist

阿尔茨海默氏病

ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng

Alzheimer's disease

阿尔茨海默氏症

ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì zhèng

Alzheimer's disease

阿尔茨海默病

ā ěr cí hǎi mò bìng

Alzheimer's disease

阿尔茨海默症

ā ěr cí hǎi mò zhèng

Alzheimer's disease

阿茨海默症

ā cí hǎi mò zhèng

Alzheimer's disease

阿兹海默症

ā zī hǎi mò zhèng

(Tw) Alzheimer's disease

默默无闻

mò mò wú wén

(idiom) unknown; unrenowned

默叹

mò tàn

to admire inwardly

马尔默

mǎ ěr mò

Malmo (Malmo city, of Sweden)

默剧

mò jù

pantomime; mime show

默哀

mò āi

to observe a moment of silence in tribute

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