涂抹 (塗抹)
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Pinyin
Definition
涂抹 (塗抹)
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- to paint
- to smear
- to apply (makeup etc)
- to doodle
- to erase
- to obliterate
Character Decomposition
Idioms (4)
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
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