Meaning of Mao | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
2. A Sino-Tibetan language.
3. A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia.
4. Initialism of monoamine oxidase.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.
6. A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi horse, moving one square orthogonally and then one square diagonally at a 135 degree angle. Similar to the chess knight, but has more limited movement as its movement can be obstructed by an intervening piece.
7. A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules.

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Examples

“As the revered Mao has said, 'There cannot be two suns in the same sky.'”

“RN: You think you should not have gone? TN: Yeah, I think it was a bad one to do. It was a good idea, but we shouldn't have gone to the University of Maryland … It was the motliest crew you've ever seen. RN: Well, that's my view about going to the universities. Well, I hope it didn't bother you too much. TN: No, it didn't. It was just—I know, I was just embarrassed because the Chinese issued a complaint. RN: A complaint about what? TN: Oh, you know, that they were being rude to the chairman—they were insulting Chairman Mao. There was nothing we could do! It's a free country!”

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