往臉上抹黑

to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace

to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous

old variant of 往[wang3]

face / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above

to wipe

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

to plaster / to go around / to skirt

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)

abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)