Mou ren, Móu rén, Mǒu rén: 4 definitions

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謀人 [móu rén] [mou ren]—
1. A person with wisdom and resourcefulness. From Book of Documents 《書經 [shu jing]》, The Oath of Qin 〈秦誓 [qin shi]〉: "Only the ancient strategists said: 'I have not yet achieved what I sought to avoid 未就予忌 [wei jiu yu ji].'"
2. To plan or strategize for others. From History of the Southern Dynasties 《南史 [nan shi]》, Volume 24, Biography of Wang Zhenzhi 王鎮之 [wang zhen zhi]: "Siyuan 思遠 [si yuan] said to him: 'Current affairs are a bit different, brother, do you perceive it? Most people are clumsy 拙 [zhuo] at planning for themselves 自謀 [zi mou], but skillful 巧 [qiao] at planning for others .'" From Ming 明 [ming] Dynasty, Fang Xiaoru 方孝儒 [fang xiao ru]'s "On Deep Thought" 〈深慮論 [shen lu lun]〉: "Indeed, wisdom 智 [zhi] can be used to scheme against people , but cannot be used to scheme against Heaven 謀天 [mou tian]."

móu rén:1. yǒu zhì móu de rén. < shū jīng． qín shì>: “wéi gǔ zhī móu rén, zé yuē: ‘wèi jiù yǔ jì’ .”
2. wèi rén móu huà. < nán shǐ． juǎn èr sì． liè chuán． wáng zhèn zhī>: “sī yuǎn wèi yuē: ‘shí shì shāo yì, xiōng jué bù? fán rén duō zhuō yú zì móu, ér qiǎo yú móu rén.’ ” míng． fāng xiào rú 〈shēn lǜ lùn〉: “gài zhì kě yǐ móu rén, ér bù kě yǐ móu tiān.”

mou ren:1. you zhi mou de ren. < shu jing. qin shi>: "wei gu zhi mou ren, ze yue: 'wei jiu yu ji' ."
2. wei ren mou hua. < nan shi. juan er si. lie chuan. wang zhen zhi>: "si yuan wei yue: 'shi shi shao yi, xiong jue bu? fan ren duo zhuo yu zi mou, er qiao yu mou ren.' " ming. fang xiao ru : "gai zhi ke yi mou ren, er bu ke yi mou tian."

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某人 [mǒu rén] [mou ren]—
1. Refers to a non-specific third-person. For example: "Don't always criticize (mǒu rén) for being bad or wrong; you should also examine yourself."
2. Refers to a specific person whose name does not need to be stated. For example: "From now on, we will no longer trust (mǒu rén)."

mǒu rén:1. zhǐ chēng fēi gù dìng duì xiàng de dì sān rén chēng. rú: “bù yào cháng pī píng mǒu rén bù hǎo,, mǒu rén bù duì, zì jǐ yě gāi jiǎn tǎo yī xià.”
2. zhǐ chēng què dìng ér wú xū shuō chū xìng míng de rén. rú: “cóng cǐ yǐ hòu, wǒ men bù zài xiāng xìn mǒu rén.”

mou ren:1. zhi cheng fei gu ding dui xiang de di san ren cheng. ru: "bu yao chang pi ping mou ren bu hao,, mou ren bu dui, zi ji ye gai jian tao yi xia."
2. zhi cheng que ding er wu xu shuo chu xing ming de ren. ru: "cong ci yi hou, wo men bu zai xiang xin mou ren."