抹杀 (抹殺)
mǒ shā
Pinyin

Definition

抹杀 (抹殺)
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mǒ shā
  1. to erase
  2. to cover traces
  3. to obliterate evidence
  4. to expunge
  5. to blot out
  6. to suppress

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

抹
mā
  1. 1 to wipe
涂抹
tú mǒ
  1. 1 to paint
  2. 2 to smear
  3. 3 to apply (makeup etc)
  4. 4 to doodle
  5. 5 to erase
  6. 6 to obliterate
抹去
mǒ qù
  1. 1 to erase
抹布
mā bù
  1. 1 cleaning rag
  2. 2 also pr. [mǒ bù]
抹杀
mǒ shā
  1. 1 to erase
  2. 2 to cover traces
  3. 3 to obliterate evidence
  4. 4 to expunge
  5. 5 to blot out
  6. 6 to suppress

Idioms (4)

抹不下脸
mǒ bù xià liǎn
  1. 1 to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. 3 to equivocate
  4. 4 to beat about the bush
淡妆浓抹
dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
  1. 1 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
浓妆艳抹
nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ
  1. 1 to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom)
  2. 2 dressed to the nines and wearing makeup

Sample Sentences

你看你，自食其果！目标巴拉圭，再发射二十枚“记忆抹杀”导弹！我要让你的国民忘记自己的国家和历史，让你世世代代都臣服于我！
nǐ kàn nǐ ，zìshíqíguǒ ！mùbiāo Bālāguī ，zài fāshè èrshí méi “jìyì mǒshā ”dǎodàn ！wǒ yào ràng nǐ de guómín wàngjì zìjǐ de guójiā hé lìshǐ ，ràng nǐ shìshìdàidài dōu chénfú yú wǒ ！
Look at you-- you had it coming! Target: Paraguay. Launch twenty more ``Memory Eraser" missiles. I want to make your people forget their own country and history, and make you obey me for until the end of time!
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