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一笔抹杀

yī bǐ mǒ shā

4-character word Traditional 一筆抹殺

What 一笔抹杀 means

1. to blot out at one stroke
2. to reject out of hand
3. to deny without a hearing

The characters in 一笔抹杀

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…
• 抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart

Sounds the same

Read yī bǐ mǒ shā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 一笔抹煞variant of 一笔抹杀