1 to wipe

1 to paint

2 to smear

3 to apply (makeup etc)

4 to doodle

5 to erase

6 to obliterate

1 to erase

1 cleaning rag

2 also pr. [mǒ bù]

1 to erase

2 to cover traces

3 to obliterate evidence

4 to expunge

5 to blot out

6 to suppress

1 to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)

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

1 lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see

1 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)

1 to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom)

2 dressed to the nines and wearing makeup