Expressing "nothing is more...than" with "moguoyu"

Nível: HSK 6 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

莫过于 can be easily understood as "cannot surpass." It is usually used in literary and formal Chinese to give emphasis to something, emphases that something is the "best" . It is similar to how in English we might say "Nothing is more delicious, not even the world's best restaurants, than my mother's cooking." In this structure, you first state the topic or a question and then give your answer that you think the best. The answer comes after the 莫过于. 莫过于 is one of the phrases that comes from 文言文 Chinese. The 莫 means "not" or "nobody," and the 过于 means "surpass." Topics or questions + 莫过于 + answer NEEDS SOURCES

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 美国最好的大学莫过于哈佛大学。 (měiguó zùi hǎo de dàxué mòguòyú hāfódàxué 。): "The best university in the United States is Harvard."
• 人生中最悲伤的事情莫过于失去你爱的人。 (rénshēng zhōng zùi bēishāng de shìqíng mòguòyú shīqù nǐ ài de rén 。): "The saddest thing in life is to lose the one you love."
• 让她最难过的莫过于你对她大喊大叫。 (ràng tā zùi nánguò de mòguòyú nǐ dùi tā dàhǎn dàjiào 。): "The most sad thing for her is that you yell at her."
• 我能想到最浪漫的事莫过于跟你一起白头到老。 (wǒ néng xiǎngdào zùi làngmàn de shì mòguòyú gēn nǐ yīqǐ báitóudàolǎo 。): "The most romantic thing I can think of is to grow old together with you."
• 对父母来说最大的安慰莫过于孩子能开始独立生活了。 (dùi fùmǔ láishuō zùi dà de ānwèi mòguòyú háizǐ néng kāishǐ dúlì shēnghuó le 。): "The greatest comfort for parents is that the child can start an independent life."

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