无名 (wú míng) — (attributive) nameless, unknown, anonymous; (attributive) indefinable, indescribable
Definition
Used attributively, often before a feeling (fear, sadness) for something vague and hard to name, or before a person for 'unknown / anonymous'. As an attributive adjective, it normally needs 的 before a noun phrase.
adjective
(attributive) namelessunknownanonymous(attributive) indefinableindescribable
Examples
- ，。Tā shì yí gè wú míng yīng xióng, zuò le hěn duō hǎo shì méi yǒu rén zhī dào.He is an unknown hero who did many good deeds without anyone knowing.
- 无名，。Tā gǎn dào yì zhǒng wú míng de bēi shāng, shuō bù qīng chǔ wèi shén me.She felt a nameless sadness, unable to say why.
- 无名，。Xīn lǐ yǒu le yì zhǒng wú míng de kǒng jù, bù zhī dào gāi zěn me miàn duì.A nameless fear arose in their heart, unsure how to face it.
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