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- ink stick
- China ink
- CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
- corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead
- Mozi (c. 470–391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1], which flourished during the Warring States period (475–220 BC)
- Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[Mo4 zi3]
- carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
- Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Trad. 墨線
- inked line
- carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
Trad. 繩墨
- lit. carpenter's straight line marker
- same as 墨斗
- fig. rules
- rules and regulations
Trad. 墨江縣
- Mojiang Hani autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[Pu3 er3], Yunnan
Trad. 墨玉縣
- Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Trad. 規矩繩墨
- compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard
- norms
- criteria
- one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)
- (idiom) to display one's facility with words
- to show off one's literary skills
- (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
- Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
- Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
Trad. 濃墨重彩
- thick and heavy in colors
- to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
- Hermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the Gods
Trad. 屠毒筆墨
- poisonous writing
- disparaging writing
- calumny
Trad. 貝爾墨邦
- Belmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)
Trad. 粉墨登場
- to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
Trad. 揮毫灑墨
- to wield a writing brush (idiom)
Trad. 墨竹工卡縣
- Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet
Trad. 墨西拿海峽
- Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily
Trad. 墨累達令流域
- Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia
Trad. 墨江哈尼族自治縣
- Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱[Pu3 er3], Yunnan
- those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
- you are the product of your environment