Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「默默無聞」 and its usage.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「默默無聞」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
Silently, no one knows. It means having no reputation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mò mò wú wén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mak6 mak6 mou4 man4
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