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塗去

简涂去 · 繁塗去

Mandarin · pinyin tú qù

to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc
to paint out
to paint over

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去: qù · go away, leave, depart
涂: tú · surname; name of certain rivers

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2–4 · tu2 qu4

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