to admire

no-one (莫) + heart (⺗) = longing to be like someone unreachable

⺗ carries the emotional weight — admiration lives in the heart. 莫 mainly contributes the sound mù rather than a visual story.

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HeartSemantic
Originally depicted the sun setting in grassPhonetic

她很羡那个人的才能。

tā hěn xiàn mù nà ge rén de cái néng。

She really admires that person's talent.

他从小就仰这位老师的学问。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù yǎng mù zhè wèi lǎo shī de xué wèn。

He has admired this teacher's knowledge since he was young.

Words with 慕

仰慕

yǎng mù

to admire

那达慕

nà dá mù

Nadam or Games, Mongolian national harvest festival in July-August

韦慕庭

wéi mù tíng

Clarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia University

久慕

jiǔ mù

lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific).

企慕

qǐ mù

to admire

倾慕

qīng mù

to adore

向慕

xiàng mù

to adore

尚慕杰

shàng mù jié

James Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999

思慕

sī mù

to cherish the memory of sb

爱慕

ài mù

to adore

爱慕虚荣

ài mù xū róng

vain

慕名

mù míng

to admire sb's reputation

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