created sense approved 莫非 · mòfēi · could it be that — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
莫非
mòfēi
could it be that
Used as a question word to express suspicion or a guess, meaning "can it be that" or "could it be possible that"; often used in the pattern [[莫非|莫非|mo4 fei1]]...[[不成|不成|bu4 cheng2]]
莫 (literal) → 莫 · mò · perhaps 非 (literal) → 非 · fēi · not be
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 莫非 · mòfēi · none is not — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
莫非
mòfēi
none is not
(literary) used to indicate a universal state where everything or everyone is included, meaning "all" or "there is none that is not".
莫 (literal) → 莫 · mò · none 非 (literal) → 非 · fēi · not be
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition