WordTaiwan frequency #16,500
掃蕩
ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄤˋ
“wipe out; thoroughly eliminate; clear out and destroy”
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- 打掃ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄠˇto clean; to sweep; to tidy up a place by removing dirt or clutter.
- 掃描ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊto scan; to browse quickly; the process of a cathode-ray tube displaying images by moving an electron beam across a screen
- 掃街ㄙㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝto sweep the streets; to canvas for votes or sales during elections; a traditional custom of picking up items left on streets late at night during the Lantern Festival (Taiwan)
- 掃地ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋto sweep the floor; to clean the ground; (figurative) to wipe out completely; to destroy utterly.
- 清掃ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄠˇto clean; to sweep; to tidy up; a sweep (against crime).
- 掃墓ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋto visit and clean a grave or tomb; to sweep a grave; to tend a burial site; to honor ancestors at a gravesite
- 橫掃ㄏㄥˊ ㄙㄠˇto sweep across rapidly and forcefully; to sweep everything in one's path; to win overwhelmingly.
- 遊蕩ㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄤˋto wander about idly; to loiter with no serious purpose
- 掃除ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊclean away dirt; sweep and tidy; eliminate; wipe out
- 空蕩蕩ㄎㄨㄥ ㄉㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋcompletely empty; bare and desolate
- 掃把ㄙㄠˋ ㄅㄚˇbroom; long-handled tool for sweeping dust and dirt
- 浩浩蕩蕩ㄏㄠˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄉㄤˋ ㄉㄤˋvast and mighty, like surging waters; grand and imposing in scale or momentum