扫除 掃除
扫除 掃除 sǎo chú ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ sou3 ceoi4 HSK 7-9
- to clean; to clean up
- to eliminate; to wipe out
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扫 掃
- 打扫 打掃 dǎ sǎo ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄠˇ daa2 sou3 to clean
- 扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋ sou3 mou6 to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
- 扫描 掃描 sǎo miáo ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊ sou3 miu4 to scan
- 扫兴 掃興 sǎo xìng ㄙㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ sou3 hing3 to spoil things; to dampen spirits
- 清扫 清掃 qīng sǎo ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄠˇ cing1 sou3 to tidy up
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- 回扫 回掃 huí sǎo ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄠˇ wui4 sou3 see 回描
- 拂扫 拂掃 fú sǎo ㄈㄨˊ ㄙㄠˇ fat1 sou3 whisk
- 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ sou3 dei6 to sweep the floor
- 扫射 掃射 sǎo shè ㄙㄠˇ ㄕㄜˋ sou3 se6 to rake with machine gunfire
- 扫尾 掃尾 sǎo wěi ㄙㄠˇ ㄨㄟˇ sou3 mei5 to complete the last stage of work
- 扫帚 掃帚 sào zhou ㄙㄠˋ ˙ㄓㄡ sou3 zau2 broom
- 扫把 掃把 sào bǎ ㄙㄠˋ ㄅㄚˇ sou3 baa2 broom
- 扫盲 掃盲 sǎo máng ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄤˊ sou3 maang4 to wipe out illiteracy
- 扫眉 掃眉 sǎo méi ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ sou3 mei4 to paint the eyebrows
- 扫码 掃碼 sǎo mǎ ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ sou3 maa5 to scan a QR code or barcode
- 扫罗 掃羅 Sǎo luó ㄙㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ sou3 lo4 Saul (name)
- 扫腿 掃腿 sǎo tuǐ ㄙㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˇ sou3 teoi2 see 扫堂腿
- 扫荡 掃蕩 sǎo dàng ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄤˋ sou3 dong6 (military) to mop up
- 扫街 掃街 sǎo jiē ㄙㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝ sou3 gaai1 to sweep the streets
- 扫视 掃視 sǎo shì ㄙㄠˇ ㄕˋ sou3 si6 to run one's eyes over
除
- 免除 miǎn chú ㄇㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄨˊ min5 ceoi4 to prevent
- 切除 qiē chú ㄑㄧㄝ ㄔㄨˊ cit3 ceoi4 to excise
- 删除 刪除 shān chú ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨˊ saan1 ceoi4 to delete
- 剔除 tī chú ㄊㄧ ㄔㄨˊ tik1 ceoi4 to reject
- 去除 qù chú ㄑㄩˋ ㄔㄨˊ heoi3 ceoi4 to remove
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- 废除 廢除 fèi chú ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨˊ fai3 ceoi4 to abolish
- 扣除 kòu chú ㄎㄡˋ ㄔㄨˊ kau3 ceoi4 to deduct
- 拆除 chāi chú ㄔㄞ ㄔㄨˊ caak3 ceoi4 to tear down
- 排除 pái chú ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄨˊ paai4 ceoi4 to eliminate
- 消除 xiāo chú ㄒㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˊ siu1 ceoi4 to eliminate
- 清除 qīng chú ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨˊ cing1 ceoi4 to clear away
- 破除 pò chú ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄨˊ po3 ceoi4 to eliminate
- 解除 jiě chú ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨˊ gaai2 ceoi4 to remove
- 开除 開除 kāi chú ㄎㄞ ㄔㄨˊ hoi1 ceoi4 to expel (a member of an organization)
- 除了 chú le ㄔㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄜ ceoi4 liu5 apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，除了他，谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，除了英语，他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French")
- 除去 chú qù ㄔㄨˊ ㄑㄩˋ ceoi4 heoi3 to eliminate
- 除夕 Chú xī ㄔㄨˊ ㄒㄧ ceoi4 zik6 lunar New Year's Eve
- 除外 chú wài ㄔㄨˊ ㄨㄞˋ ceoi4 ngoi6 to exclude
- 除非 chú fēi ㄔㄨˊ ㄈㄟ ceoi4 fei1 only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
- 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn ㄓㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄍㄣ zaam2 cou2 ceoi4 gan1 to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
Idioms with these characters
- 扫除天下 掃除天下 sǎo chú tiān xià ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ sou3 ceoi4 tin1 haa6 (idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire
- 颜面扫地 顏面掃地 yán miàn sǎo dì ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ ngaan4 min6 sou3 dei6 lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
- 一扫而空 一掃而空 yī sǎo ér kōng ㄧ ㄙㄠˇ ㄦˊ ㄎㄨㄥ jat1 sou3 ji4 hung1 (idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
- 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄠˋ ㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ceoi4 bou6 on1 loeng4 to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor
- 除恶务尽 除惡務盡 chú è wù jìn ㄔㄨˊ ㄜˋ ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ceoi4 ok3 mou6 zeon6 to eradicate evil completely (idiom); thorough in rooting out wickedness
- 除旧布新 除舊布新 chú jiù bù xīn ㄔㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ceoi4 gau6 bou3 san1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
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- 除旧更新 除舊更新 chú jiù gēng xīn ㄔㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ceoi4 gau6 gang1 san1 to replace the old with new (idiom)
- 加减乘除 加減乘除 jiā jiǎn chéng chú ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄨˊ gaa1 gaam2 sing4 ceoi4 (idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
- 剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄍㄣ zin2 cou2 ceoi4 gan1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
- 破除迷信 pò chú mí xìn ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄨˊ ㄇㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣˋ po3 ceoi4 mai4 seon3 to eliminate superstition (idiom)
- 为民除害 為民除害 wèi mín chú hài ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄏㄞˋ wai6 man4 ceoi4 hoi6 (idiom) to rid the people of a scourge
- 兴利除弊 興利除弊 xīng lì chú bì ㄒㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˋ ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄧˋ hing1 lei6 ceoi4 bai6 to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)