Definitions

to bathe; to cleanse; to receive; to be given

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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About

The character 沐 is structurally composed of the water radical 氵 paired with the component 木, which provides phonetic guidance and independently signifies 'wood'. This formation etymologically associates the character with washing, originally denoting the specific ritual of cleansing one's hair. In early textual usage, 沐 carried this narrow meaning, but its application gradually extended to refer to bathing more broadly, and it later acquired metaphorical uses in lexical compounds such as 沐浴 for bathing and 沐恩 implying the reception of benevolence.

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我每天浴一次。

Wǒ měitiān mùyù yī cì.

I bathe once every day.

浴后在休息。

Tā mùyù hòu zài xiūxi.

He is resting after bathing.

着阳光很舒服。

Mùzhe yángguāng hěn shūfu.

Bathing in the sunlight is very comfortable.

孩子们在花园里浴阳光。

Háizimen zài huāyuán lǐ mùyù yángguāng.

The children are bathing in the sunlight in the garden.

浴在爱的环境中。

Mùyù zài ài de huánjìng zhōng.

Bathing in an environment of love.

每当浴时,他都喜欢听音乐。

Měi dāng mùyù shí, tā dōu xǐhuan tīng yīnyuè.

Whenever he bathes, he likes to listen to music.

浴后,她感觉非常舒服,准备开始新的一天。

Mùyù hòu, tā gǎnjué fēicháng shūfu, zhǔnbèi kāishǐ xīn de yī tiān.

After bathing, she feels very comfortable and ready to start a new day.

在知识的海洋中浴,让他不断成长。

Zài zhīshi de hǎiyáng zhōng mùyù, ràng tā bùduàn chéngzhǎng.

Bathing in the ocean of knowledge allows him to grow continuously.