一笔抹杀

Traditional form:

一筆抹殺

Pinyin (reading):

yībǐmǒshā

Definitions:

• to blot out at one stroke
• to reject out of hand
• to deny without a hearing

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 笔 - pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke
• 抹 - to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
• 杀 - to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 筆 - pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke
• 抹 - to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
• 殺 - to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt