涂鸦
tú yā
Pinyin

Definition

涂鸦
 - 
tú yā
  1. graffiti
  2. scrawl
  3. poor calligraphy
  4. to write badly
  5. to scribble

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu
  1. 1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
  2. 2 complete shambles
  3. 3 a total mess
涂
tú
  1. 1 to apply (paint etc)
  2. 2 to smear
  3. 3 to daub
  4. 4 to blot out
  5. 5 to scribble
  6. 6 to scrawl
  7. 7 (literary) mud
  8. 8 street
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
涂鸦
tú yā
  1. 1 graffiti
  2. 2 scrawl
  3. 3 poor calligraphy
  4. 4 to write badly
  5. 5 to scribble
乌鸦
wū yā
  1. 1 crow
  2. 2 raven
糊涂
hú tu
  1. 1 muddled
  2. 2 silly
  3. 3 confused
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
涂层
tú céng
  1. 1 protective layer
  2. 2 coating
涂改
tú gǎi
  1. 1 to alter (text)
  2. 2 to change by painting over
  3. 3 to correct (with correction fluid)
涂敷
tú fū
  1. 1 to smear
  2. 2 to daub
  3. 3 to plaster
  4. 4 to apply (ointment)
涂料
tú liào
  1. 1 paint
涂装
tú zhuāng
  1. 1 painted ornament
  2. 2 livery (on airline or company vehicle)
乌鸦嘴
wū yā zuǐ
  1. 1 lit. crow's beak
  2. 2 fig. person who has made an inauspicious remark
稀里糊涂
xī li hú tu
  1. 1 muddleheaded
  2. 2 careless
糊里糊涂
hú li hú tú
  1. 1 confused
  2. 2 vague
  3. 3 indistinct
  4. 4 muddle-headed
  5. 5 mixed up
  6. 6 in a daze
糊里糊涂
hú li hú tú
  1. 1 variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂[hú li hú tú]
鸦片
yā piàn
  1. 1 opium (loanword)
鸦雀无声
yā què wú shēng
  1. 1 lit. crow and peacock make no sound
  2. 2 absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
  3. 3 absolute silence
涂去
tú qù
  1. 1 to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc
  2. 2 to paint out
  3. 3 to paint over
涂写
tú xiě
  1. 1 to daub
  2. 2 to scribble (graffiti)

Idioms (9)

一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu
  1. 1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
  2. 2 complete shambles
  3. 3 a total mess
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
壹败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 failed and in a hopeless position
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
生灵涂炭
shēng líng tú tàn
  1. 1 people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
聪明一世，糊涂一时
cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí
  1. 1 even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom)
  2. 2 every man has a fool in his sleeve
豺狼当涂
chái láng dāng tú
  1. 1 ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power
  2. 2 a vicious tyranny rules the land
鸦雀无声
yā què wú shēng
  1. 1 lit. crow and peacock make no sound
  2. 2 absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard
  3. 3 absolute silence

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