lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush
哭天抹泪哭天抹淚ku1 tian1 mo3 lei4
to wail and whine; piteous weeping
抹布抹布ma1 bu4
cleaning rag; also pr.
抹脖子抹脖子mo3 bo2 zi5
to slit one's own throat; to commit suicide
抹不下脸抹不下臉mo3 bu4 xia4 lian3
to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
抹茶抹茶mo3 cha2
green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
抹刀抹刀mo3 dao1
scraper; trowel; putty knife
抹黑抹黑mo3 hei1
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)
抹灰抹灰mo3 hui1
to plaster; to render (a wall); (fig.) to bring shame on; also pr.
抹片抹片mo3 pian4
smear (used for medical test) (Tw)
抹平抹平mo3 ping2
to flatten; to level; to smooth out
抹去抹去mo3 qu4
to erase
抹煞抹煞mo3 sha1
variant of 抹殺|抹杀
抹杀抹殺mo3 sha1
to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress
抹稀泥抹稀泥mo3 xi1 ni2
see 和稀泥
抹香鲸抹香鯨mo3 xiang1 jing1
sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus); cachalot
抹消抹消mo3 xiao1
to erase; to wipe
抹一鼻子灰抹一鼻子灰mo3 yi1 bi2 zi5 hui1
lit. to rub one's nose with dust; to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff
抹油抹油mo3 you2
to anoint
抹胸抹胸mo4 xiong1
old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen
难以抹去難以抹去nan2 yi3 mo3 qu4
hard to erase; ineradicable
浓妆艳抹濃妝艷抹nong2 zhuang1 yan4 mo3
to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom); dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
拭抹拭抹shi4 mo3
to swab; to wipe up with a mop
涂抹塗抹tu2 mo3
to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate
涂抹酱塗抹醬tu2 mo3 jiang4
spread (for putting on bread etc)
涂脂抹粉塗脂抹粉tu2 zhi1 mo3 fen3
to put on makeup; to prettify
往脸上抹黑往臉上抹黑wang3 lian3 shang4 mo3 hei1
to bring shame to; to smear; to disgrace
乌漆抹黑烏漆抹黑wu1 qi1 ma1 hei1
see 烏漆墨黑|乌漆墨黑
一笔抹杀一筆抹殺yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1
to blot out at one stroke; to reject out of hand; to deny without a hearing