Word information
Simplified埋没
Traditional埋沒
Pinyinmáimò
Part of speech动
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
埋没
máimò · to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
Character breakdown
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How to learn 埋没
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
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没méi
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
没关系méiguānxiit doesn't matter
没事méishìit's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
没有méiyǒuhaven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
没意思méiyìsiboring; of no interest
没法儿méifǎr(coll.) can't do anything about it; (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ...; (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)