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莫非

mò fēi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

莫非 (mò fēi) means "can it be possible that; could it be". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 莫非 means

1. can it be possible that
2. could it be

The characters in 莫非

• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-

Example sentences

• 溥天之下，莫非王土；率土之滨，莫非王臣。
  Under the vast heaven, no land is not the king's land; at the edges of the land, no one is not the king's subject.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mò fēi correctly.
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