东涂西抹
dōng​tú​xī​mǒ

to scribble

  • created sense approved 东涂西抹/東塗西抹 · dōng​tú​xī​mǒ · to scribble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东涂西抹 / 東塗西抹

    dōng​tú​xī​mǒ

    to scribble

    to scribble or daub everywhere; to doodle or paint at random

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 涂 (literal) → 涂/塗 · tú · to smear 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 抹 (literal) → 抹 · mǒ · to smear

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 东涂西抹/東塗西抹 · dōng​tú​xī​mǒ · to write poorly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东涂西抹 / 東塗西抹

    dōng​tú​xī​mǒ

    to write poorly

    a self-depreciating expression used by writers to describe their own work as amateurish scribbling

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 涂 (literal) → 涂/塗 · tú · to scribble 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 抹 (literal) → 抹 · mǒ · to smear

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense