涂脂抹粉
tú zhī mǒ fěn
Pinyin

Definition

涂脂抹粉
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tú zhī mǒ fěn
  1. to put on makeup
  2. to prettify

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

互粉
hù fěn
  1. 1 to follow each other's accounts (on Weibo etc)
抹
mā
  1. 1 to wipe
粉红
fěn hóng
  1. 1 pink
粉丝
fěn sī
  1. 1 bean vermicelli
  2. 2 mung bean starch noodles
  3. 3 Chinese vermicelli
  4. 4 cellophane noodles
  5. 5 CL:把[bǎ]
  6. 6 fan (loanword)
  7. 7 enthusiast for sb or sth
脂肪
zhī fáng
  1. 1 fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
低脂
dī zhī
  1. 1 low fat
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
奶粉
nǎi fěn
  1. 1 powdered milk
小粉
xiǎo fěn
  1. 1 (wheat) starch
  2. 2 amylum
抹去
mǒ qù
  1. 1 to erase
抹布
mā bù
  1. 1 cleaning rag
  2. 2 also pr. [mǒ bù]
抹杀
mǒ shā
  1. 1 to erase
  2. 2 to cover traces
  3. 3 to obliterate evidence
  4. 4 to expunge
  5. 5 to blot out
  6. 6 to suppress
抹茶
mǒ chá
  1. 1 green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
抹黑
mǒ hēi
  1. 1 to discredit
  2. 2 to defame
  3. 3 to smear sb's name
  4. 4 to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)
  5. 5 to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)
  6. 6 to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
散粉
sǎn fěn
  1. 1 loose powder (makeup)
果粉
guǒ fěn
  1. 1 (slang) fan of Apple products
僵尸粉
jiāng shǐ fěn
  1. 1 "zombie fans", fake followers that can be bought to boost one's popularity on Weibo, Baidu etc
河粉
hé fěn
  1. 1 rice noodles in wide strips
油脂
yóu zhī
  1. 1 grease
  2. 2 oil
  3. 3 fat
洗衣粉
xǐ yī fěn
  1. 1 laundry detergent
  2. 2 washing powder

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
桃腮粉脸
táo sāi fěn liǎn
  1. 1 rosy-cheeked (idiom)
民脂民膏
mín zhī mín gāo
  1. 1 lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation)
  2. 2 the people's blood, sweat and tears
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
粉墨登场
fěn mò dēng chǎng
  1. 1 to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
粉身碎骨
fěn shēn suì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die horribly
  3. 3 to sacrifice one's life

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