塗 dù tú tu

smear, daub, apply, spread; paint

DEFINITIONS

塗 tú
  • to apply (paint etc)
  • to smear
  • to daub
  • to blot out
  • to scribble
  • to scrawl
  • (literary) mud
  • street
  • surname Tu
  • variant of 途[tu2]

WORDS

蒼生塗炭 cāng shēng tú tàn the common people in a miserable state
豺狼當塗 chái láng dāng tú ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power; a vicious tyranny rules the land
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