莫不 mò bù
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mò bù
adverb
all; none doesn't; there is none who isn't
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: A double negative with the same meaning as 皆 (CC-CEDICT '莫不'; Guoyu '莫不' 1) -
mò bù
adverb
must be
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '莫不'; Guoyu '莫不' 2)
Contained in
- 莫不是 probably; perhaps; could it be that...?
- 莫不闻(莫不聞) there is no-one who doesn't know that
- 莫不逾侈 there is no-one who is not extravagant
- 莫不然 equally true for (all the rest); the same thing applies (for everyone)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 王霸篇第十一 Chapter 11: Rulers and Tyrants Xunzi 荀子 — count: 17
- 卷七十七 列傳第六十七 恩倖 Volume 77 Biographies 67: Noble Favorites History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 14
- 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 12
- 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign Xunzi 荀子 — count: 11
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 11
- 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 10
- 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 10
- 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 10
- 樂論篇第二十 Chapter 20: Discussion on Music Xunzi 荀子 — count: 9
- 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary Xunzi 荀子 — count: 9