莫名其妙

mòmíng-qímiào

idiom HSK 7-9 #7,548

Meanings

1 baffling
2 inexplicable
3 for no apparent reason

Characters

no one; nothing

to name; to describe

wonderful; mysterious

Examples

他莫名其妙地发了一通脾气。

Tā mòmíngqímiào de fā le yī tōng píqì.

He flew into a rage for no apparent reason.

这件事真是莫名其妙。

Zhè jiàn shì zhēnshi mòmíngqímiào.

This matter is truly baffling.

Tips

memory

莫 (nobody) 名 (can name) 其 (its) 妙 (wonder) = nobody can explain how strange it is.

Stroke Order

莫 mò

名 míng

其 qí

妙 miào