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目睹

mù dǔ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

目睹 (mù dǔ) means "to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 目睹 means

1. to witness
2. to see at first hand
3. to see with one's own eyes

The characters in 目睹

• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 睹dǔto observe; to see

Example sentences

• 他目睹了谋杀案。
  Tā mùdǔ le móushā'àn.
  He witnessed the murder.
• 所目睹的不一定是真的。
  Suǒ mùdǔ de bù yīdìng shì zhēn de.
  Things that you see with your eyes are not necessarily true.
• 我不忍目睹这种残酷的行径。
  Wǒ bù rěn mùdǔ zhèzhǒng cánkù de xíngjìng.
  I cannot abide to see such cruelty.
• 说起交通事故，我去年目睹了一场。
  Speaking of traffic accidents, I saw one last year.
• 只有没目睹那场战争的人才喜欢它。
  The war is liked by only those who haven't seen it.
• 她目睹爱犬在意外中离世，不禁泪如泉涌。
  Tā mùdǔ àiquǎn zàiyì wài zhōng líshì, bù jìn lèi rú quányǒng.
  She shed plentiful tears when her beloved dog was killed in an accident.

Words containing 目睹

• 亲眼目睹qīn yǎn mù dǔto see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes
• 耳闻目睹ěr wén mù dǔto witness personally
• 二十年目睹之怪现状Èr shí Nián Mù dǔ zhī Guài Xiàn zhuàngThe Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu…

Where 目睹 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · ēn–ná (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mù dǔ correctly.
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