| 抹一鼻子灰 |
mǒ yī bí zi huī |
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 鼻 |
bí |
nose |
| 鼻子 |
bí zi |
nose / CL:个,只 |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
(noun suffix) |
| 灰 |
huī |
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected |