陌
生

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The word "陌生" is formed by combining the character "陌", which originally refers to a path between fields and implies distance or lack of familiarity, with "生", meaning birth or newness, so together they convey the idea of something newly encountered and thus unfamiliar or strange.

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这个地方很陌生。

Zhège dìfāng hěn mòshēng.

This place is very unfamiliar.

我遇到了一个陌生人。

Wǒ yù dào le yī gè mòshēng rén.

I met a stranger.

在陌生的环境里他感到不安。

Zài mòshēng de huánjìng lǐ tā gǎndào bù'ān.

He feels uneasy in an unfamiliar environment.

她对这种陌生的生活方式需要时间适应。

Tā duì zhè zhǒng mòshēng de shēnghuó fāngshì xūyào shíjiān shìyìng.

She needs time to adapt to this unfamiliar way of life.

尽管面对完全陌生的学术领域，他依然通过努力取得了进展。

Jǐnguǎn miànduì wánquán mòshēng de xuéshù lǐngyù, tā yīrán tōngguò nǔlì qǔdé le jìnzhǎn.

Although facing a completely unfamiliar academic field, he still made progress through hard work.

Word Definition - 陌生

mò shēng strange; unfamiliar

Individual Character Details

陌 mò
生 shēng