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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抹* | 抹* | *抹
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抹* | 抹* | *抹
to wipe
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抹* | 抹* | *抹
to plaster / to go around / to skirt
to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
cleaning rag / also pr. [mo3 bu4]
to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate
to plaster / to render (a wall) / (fig.) to bring shame on / also pr. [mo4 hui1]
green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress
old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush
sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom) / dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
to wail and whine / piteous weeping
to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing
to erase
to anoint
to erase / to wipe
to wipe away tears / (fig.) to shed tears
variant of 抹殺|抹杀
to slit one's own throat / to commit suicide
to flatten / to level / to smooth out
spread (for putting on bread etc)
scraper / trowel / putty knife
spread (food)
smear (used for medical test) (Tw)
to swab / to wipe up with a mop
(of a seller) to round down the fractional part of a bill
to wipe
(idiom) to devour (food) / (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit
cervical smear (Tw)
(idiom) to put on makeup / (idiom) to prettify
to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)


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