默默无闻 meaning in English

mòmò-wúwén

(idiom) unknown; unrenowned

HSK 7-9Traditional 默默無聞45 strokes

Meaning of 默默无闻

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mòmòwúwén
  1. (idiom) unknown; unrenowned

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默 mò · silent · 16 strokes

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默 mò · silent · 16 strokes

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无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes

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闻 wén · to hear · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 默默无闻.

新闻xīnwénnews
无法wúfǎunable to; incapable of
无论wúlùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
无聊wúliáobored; boring
无所谓wúsuǒwèito be indifferent; not to matter
沉默chénmòtaciturn; uncommunicative
无数wúshùcountless; numberless
无限wúxiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
默默mòmòin silence; not speaking
幽默yōumò(loanword) humor; humorous
无疑wúyíundoubtedly; without doubt
无奈wúnàito have no alternative; frustrated

Questions about 默默无闻

What does 默默无闻 mean?

默默无闻 (mòmò-wúwén) means "(idiom) unknown; unrenowned".

How do you write 默默无闻?

默默无闻 is made of 4 characters: 默 (16 strokes), 默 (16 strokes), 无 (4 strokes), 闻 (9 strokes). That is 45 strokes in total.

Is 默默无闻 an HSK word?

Yes. 默默无闻 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 默默无闻 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 默默无闻 is written 默默無聞.