The media stuck a shiv into his reputation.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
抹黑
to discredit
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to discredit
02
to defame
03
to smear sb's name
04
to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)
05
to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)
06
to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 抹黑 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 抹黑 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Elon Musk embodies the conservative propaganda tactic of calling everyone who crosses you a pedophile.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 抹黑.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 抹黑.
Directly before
- 的抹黑1
- 媒体抹黑1
Directly after
- 抹黑手法1
- 抹黑了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 抹黑
What does 抹黑 mean in Chinese?
抹黑 (mǒhēi) means to discredit.
How do you pronounce 抹黑?
抹黑 is pronounced mǒhēi.
Is 抹黑 an HSK word?
抹黑 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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