抹黑 meaning in English
to discredit; to defame
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Meaning of 抹黑
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
mǒhēi
- to discredit
- to defame
- to smear sb's name
- to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)
- to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)
- to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
抹黑 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
媒体抹黑了他的名誉。
The media stuck a shiv into his reputation.
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抹 mǒ · to smear · 8 strokes
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黑 hēi · black · 12 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 抹黑.
| 黑色 | hēisè | black |
| 黑板 | hēibǎn | blackboard |
| 黑暗 | hēi'àn | dark; darkly |
| 黑夜 | hēiyè | night |
| 黑客 | hēikè | (computing) (loanword) hacker |
| 黑手 | hēishǒu | (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand |
| 黑白 | hēibái | black and white; right and wrong |
| 黑马 | hēimǎ | dark horse; fig. unexpected winner |
| 黑心 | hēixīn | ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy |
| 黑体 | hēitǐ | sans-serif typeface (for Chinese characters); (physics) black body |
| 黑人 | hēirén | black person; an illegal |
| 黑鬼 | hēiguǐ | black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) |
Questions about 抹黑
What does 抹黑 mean?
抹黑 (mǒhēi) means "to discredit; to defame".
How do you write 抹黑?
抹黑 is made of 2 characters: 抹 (8 strokes), 黑 (12 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.