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莫名其妙 (mok6 ming4 kei4 miu6) — mysterious; without reason; odd; mystifying; baffling; puzzling; perplexing; unaccountable; strange in Cantonese

mokˍ₆莫mingˎ₄名keiˎ₄其miuˍ₆妙
Mandarin Pinyin: mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4

Meaning of 莫名其妙

nounmysterious; without reason; odd; mystifying; baffling; puzzling; perplexing; unaccountable; strange

Characters in 莫名其妙

莫mok6
not; don't; unable to
名ming4
fame; reputation; position
其kei4
used as rhetorical word to form a four-character expression
妙miu6
wonderful; excellent; fantastic

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