mǒ | to smear/to wipe/to erase/(classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc) |
mò | girdle/brassiere/to plaster |
抹 | to smear to wipe to erase |
抹一鼻子灰 | lit. to rub one's nose with dust to suffer a snub to meet with a rebuff |
抹不下脸 | to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom) |
抹刀 | scraper trowel putty knife |
抹去 | to erase |
抹子 | float; trowel; mason's float; darby; skid; finishing tool |
抹布 | cleaning rag |
抹彩 | Facial make-up for actors in Chinese operas. |
抹掉 | rubout; sponge; erasure; efface; scratch; erasion; expunction; erase; smear |
抹杀 | to erase to cover traces to obliterate evidence |
抹油 | to anoint |
抹灰 | plasterer; plastering; troweling; rendering |
抹煞 | obliterate |
抹片 | smear (used for medical test) |
抹稀泥 | to try to gloss over things (idiom) |
抹粉 | put on powder; powder |
抹胸 | old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen |
抹脖子 | commit suicide |
抹脸 | put on a stern expression |
抹茶 | green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) |