to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc

to plaster; to go around; to skirt

cleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4]

lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush

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)

to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress

to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate

scraper; trowel; putty knife

to erase

to flatten; to level; to smooth out

to anoint

to wipe away tears; (fig.) to shed tears

to erase; to wipe

to plaster; to render (a wall); (fig.) to bring shame on; also pr. [mo4 hui1]

variant of 抹殺|抹杀[mo3 sha1]

smear (used for medical test) (Tw)

old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen

green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)

spread (food)

(of a seller) to round down the fractional part of a bill

to swab; to wipe up with a mop

to wipe

see 和稀泥[huo4 xi1 ni2]

to slit one's own throat; to commit suicide

sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)

spread (for putting on bread etc)

to blot out at one stroke; to reject out of hand; to deny without a hearing

variant of 一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀[yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1]

see 烏漆墨黑|乌漆墨黑[wu1 qi1 mo4 hei1]

(idiom) to devour (food); (idiom) to shamelessly take advantage; to ruthlessly exploit

to wail and whine; piteous weeping

to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)

to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom); dressed to the nines and wearing makeup

(idiom) to put on makeup; (idiom) to prettify

in light or heavy makeup (idiom)

see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3]

cervical smear (Tw)

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