冒昧
mào​mèi HSK7

take the liberty

冒昧 mào​mèi
take the liberty adverbverb
to venture or make bold to do something; used as a humble term when initiating an action or request

我冒昧地把她的衣服给了其他病人。

wǒ mào​mèi de bǎ tā de yī​fu gěi le qí​tā bìng​rén.

I took the liberty of giving her clothes to other patients.

我不会冒昧地质疑你的判断。

wǒ bù​huì mào​mèi de zhì​yí nǐ de pàn​duàn.

I wouldn't presume to question your judgment.

presumptuous
bold or rash in speech or action; used to describe behavior that may be seen as overstepping boundaries

Frequency
Movie subtitles
6.08 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
0.781 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)