莫名其妙

mòmíngqímiào

be unable to make head or tail of something; be baffled, without rhyme or reason; inexplicable; odd

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be baffled; without rhyme or reason

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without rhyme or reason

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mò míng qí miào

adj. odd, baffling, unaccountable, mysterious

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mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4

unfathomable mystery (idiom); subtle and ineffable, unable to make head or tail of it, boring (e.g. movie)

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莫名其妙

mò míng qí miào

be rather baffling; be all adrift (abroad); be baffled; be in a fog; be unable to understand; be unable to make head or tail of sth.; cannot make anything of it; difficult to guess what it is all about; have neither rhyme nor reason; ignorant of the heart of the matter; incomprehensible; inexplicable; make neither head nor tail of (it); odd; queer; absurd; indescribable; seem totally in the dark; can make nothing of it; very mysterious and abstruse; without rhyme or reason:

她的行为使我莫名其妙。 Her conduct is a mystery to me.

他一声不吭就走了， 真叫人莫名其妙。 It is quite baffling that he left without a word.

她莫名其妙地生起气来。 She got angry without rhyme or reason.

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莫名其妙|莫名其妙 [mò míng qí miào] ► unfathomable mystery (idiom); subtle and ineffable ► unable to make head or tail of it ► boring (e.g. movie)