抹

to wipe

to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc

to plaster / to go around / to skirt

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man

to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate

to put on makeup / to prettify

to wail and whine / piteous weeping

spread (for putting on bread etc)

cervical smear (Tw)

to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace

lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff

to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)

scraper / trowel / putty knife

see 烏漆墨黑|乌漆墨黑[wu1 qi1 mo4 hei1]

to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing

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