| 一笔抹杀 |
yī bǐ mǒ shā |
to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 笔 |
bǐ |
writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支,枝) / brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy) / (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork / (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character / (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business / (literary) to write (with a brush or pen) |
| 抹 |
mā |
to wipe |
| 抹 |
mǒ |
to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc |
| 抹 |
mò |
to plaster / to go around / to skirt |
| 抹杀 |
mǒ shā |
to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress |
| 杀 |
shā |
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely |