No. 2,873 in Chinese
擦
"擦" means "to wipe" or "to rub."
In a sentence
他在桌子上擦了一下，发现还有灰尘。
He wiped the table and found there's still some dust.
The word '擦' here denotes the action of 'wiping' or 'cleaning' using a cloth or similar object.
车窗上有霜，他用布擦掉了。
The car window had frost, and he wiped it off with a cloth.
Here, '擦' is used to express 'removing' a substance (frost) from a surface by wiping.
孩子们在黑板上擦掉写错的答案。
The kids erased the wrong answers from the blackboard.
'擦' in this sentence is used to highlight the act of 'erasing' or 'removing' written marks from a surface.
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