抹 Stroke Order

to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom) / dressed to the nines and wearing makeup

lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush

see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3]

blob / one brush

cleaning rag / also pr. [mo3 bu4]

erase / wipe away

to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress

variant of 抹殺|抹杀[mo3 sha1]

sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) / cachalot

to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)

to put on makeup / to prettify

powder

Wipe the forehead

to slit one's own throat / to commit suicide

Wipe

feel embarrassed / be put out

to plaster / to render (a wall) / (fig.) to bring shame on / also pr. [mo4 hui1]

Black eyes

variant of 一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀[yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1]

to wail and whine / piteous weeping