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一笔抹煞

yī bǐ mǒ shā

4-character word Traditional 一筆抹煞

What 一笔抹煞 means

1. variant of {一笔抹杀|yī bǐ mǒ shā}

The characters in 一笔抹煞

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…
• 抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase
• 煞shāto terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop

Sounds the same

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

• 一笔抹杀to blot out at one stroke; to reject out of hand; to deny without a hearing

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