抹黑

mǒhēi
  1. to discredit
  2. to defame
  3. to smear sb's name
  4. to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)
  5. to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)
  6. to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)

CEDICT

  1. (transitive) to discredit; to defame; to blacken (something's reputation)
  2. to discredit; to defame; to blacken (something's reputation)

Wiktionary

涂黑。引申为消掉、丑化及歪曲事实。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 抹 mǒ
  1. to smear
  2. to wipe
  3. to erase
  4. classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
2 黑 hēi
  1. black
  2. dark
  3. sinister
  4. secret
  5. shady
  6. illegal
  7. to hide (sth) away
  8. to vilify
  9. (loanword) to hack (computing)

Containing this entry

往脸上抹黑 wǎngliǎnshàngmǒhēi
  1. to bring shame to
  2. to smear
  3. to disgrace
乌漆抹黑 wūqīmāhēi see 乌漆墨黑 wūqīmòhēi

Related entries

诋 dǐ
  1. to defame
  2. to slander
丑化 chǒuhuà
  1. to defame
  2. to libel
  3. to defile
  4. to smear
  5. to vilify
扣屎盆子 kòushǐpénzi
  1. to make a scapegoat of sb
  2. to defame
  3. to slander
谤 bàng
  1. to slander
  2. to defame
  3. to speak ill of
毁 huǐ
  1. variant of 毁 huǐ
  2. to defame
  3. to slander
玛丽毁了我。

Mary ruined me.

Source: Tatoeba

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