抹布
mā bù
Pinyin

Definition

抹布
 - 
mā bù
  1. cleaning rag
  2. also pr. [mǒ bù]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

布
bù
  1. 1 variant of 布[bù]
  2. 2 to announce
  3. 3 to spread
布置
bù zhì
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to arrange
  3. 3 to decorate
  4. 4 to fix up
  5. 5 to deploy
公布
gōng bù
  1. 1 to announce
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to publish
吕布
Lu:3 Bù
  1. 1 Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
乔布斯
Qiáo bù sī
  1. 1 Jobs (name)
  2. 2 see also 史蒂夫·喬布斯|史蒂夫·乔布斯[Shǐ dì fū · Qiáo bù sī], Steve Jobs
涂抹
tú mǒ
  1. 1 to paint
  2. 2 to smear
  3. 3 to apply (makeup etc)
  4. 4 to doodle
  5. 5 to erase
  6. 6 to obliterate
宣布
xuān bù
  1. 1 to declare
  2. 2 to announce
  3. 3 to proclaim
布丁
bù dīng
  1. 1 pudding (loanword)
抹
mā
  1. 1 to wipe
发布
fā bù
  1. 1 to release
  2. 2 to issue
  3. 3 to announce
  4. 4 to distribute
  5. 5 also written 發布|发布[fā bù]
伊斯坦布尔
Yī sī tǎn bù ěr
  1. 1 Istanbul, Turkey
布局
bù jú
  1. 1 arrangement
  2. 2 composition
  3. 3 layout
  4. 4 opening (chess jargon)
布景
bù jǐng
  1. 1 (stage) set
分布
fēn bù
  1. 1 to scatter
  2. 2 to distribute
  3. 3 to be distributed (over an area etc)
  4. 4 (statistical, geographic) distribution
分布图
fēn bù tú
  1. 1 scatter diagram
  2. 2 distribution chart
  3. 3 histogram
卡布奇诺
kǎ bù qí nuò
  1. 1 cappuccino (loanword)
卡萨布兰卡
Kǎ sà bù lán kǎ
  1. 1 Casablanca (Morocco's economic capital)
密布
mì bù
  1. 1 to cover densely
尿布
niào bù
  1. 1 diaper
布什
Bù shí
  1. 1 Bush (name)
  2. 2 George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992
  3. 3 George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008

Idioms (8)

抹不下脸
mǒ bù xià liǎn
  1. 1 to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. 3 to equivocate
  4. 4 to beat about the bush
推陈布新
tuī chén bù xīn
  1. 1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
  2. 2 to go beyond old ideas
  3. 3 advancing all the time
星罗棋布
xīng luó qí bù
  1. 1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
淡妆浓抹
dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
  1. 1 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
浓妆艳抹
nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ
  1. 1 to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom)
  2. 2 dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
开诚布公
kāi chéng bù gōng
  1. 1 lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded
  2. 2 plain speaking
  3. 3 Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.
  4. 4 to put one's cards on the table
除旧布新
chú jiù bù xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

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