抹消
mǒ xiāo
Pinyin
Definition
抹消
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- to erase
- to wipe
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
抹不下脸
- 1 to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
拐弯抹角
- 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
- 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
- 3 to equivocate
- 4 to beat about the bush
消愁解闷
- 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
- 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
- 3 to relieve stress
- 4 a relaxing pass-time
淡妆浓抹
- 1 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
浓妆艳抹
- 1 to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom)
- 2 dressed to the nines and wearing makeup