默默

mòmò · HSK 4

quietly

🤫 默 = silent; doubled 默默 intensifies to 'silently, without a word'

默 means silent or tacit (dog 犬 + black 黑, the dog stays dark and quiet). Chinese often doubles a character to soften or intensify an adverb, so 默默 = doing something silently, without speaking up.

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