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  1. 1. broom

Words Containing 扫

打扫
dǎ sǎo

to clean

扫墓
sǎo mù

to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)

扫描
sǎo miáo

to scan

扫兴
sǎo xìng

to spoil things; to dampen spirits

扫除
sǎo chú

to sweep

一扫而光
yī sǎo ér guāng

to clear off

一扫而空
yī sǎo ér kōng

to sweep clean

各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

名誉扫地
míng yù sǎo dì

to be thoroughly discredited

回扫
huí sǎo

see 回描[huí miáo]

威信扫地
wēi xìn sǎo dì

to lose every scrap of reputation

拂扫
fú sǎo

whisk

扫地
sǎo dì

to sweep the floor

扫地僧
sǎo dì sēng

Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel \Demigods and Semidevils\ 天龍八部|天龙八部[tiān lóng bā bù])

扫射
sǎo shè

to rake with machine gunfire

扫尾
sǎo wěi

to complete the last stage of work

扫帚
sào zhou

broom

扫帚星
sào zhou xīng

comet

扫把
sào bǎ

broom

扫把星
sào bǎ xīng

bearer of ill luck

扫描仪
sǎo miáo yí

scanner (device)

扫描器
sǎo miáo qì

scanner

扫盲
sǎo máng

to wipe out illiteracy

扫眉
sǎo méi

to paint the eyebrows

扫码
sǎo mǎ

to scan a QR code or barcode

扫罗
sǎo luó

Saul (name)

扫荡
sǎo dàng

to root out

扫荡腿
sǎo dàng tuǐ

leg sweep

扫街
sǎo jiē

to sweep the streets

扫视
sǎo shì

to run one's eyes over

扫除天下
sǎo chú tiān xià

to sweep away evil

扫除机
sǎo chú jī

mechanical sweeper

扫雪车
sǎo xuě chē

snowplow

扫雷
sǎo léi

minesweeper (computer game)

扫雷艇
sǎo léi tǐng

minesweeper

扫雷舰
sǎo léi jiàn

minesweeper

扫黄
sǎo huáng

campaign against pornography

扫黄打非
sǎo huáng dǎ fēi

to eradicate pornography and illegal publications

扫黄运动
sǎo huáng yùn dòng

campaign against pornography

扫黑
sǎo hēi

to crack down on illegal activities

数码扫描
shù mǎ sǎo miáo

a digital scan

横扫
héng sǎo

to sweep away

横扫千军
héng sǎo qiān jūn

total annihilation

清扫
qīng sǎo

to tidy up

超声扫描
chāo shēng sǎo miáo

ultrasonic scan

逐行扫描
zhú háng sǎo miáo

line by line scanning

隔行扫描
gé háng sǎo miáo

interlaced scanning

电脑断层扫描
diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo

CAT scan

颜面扫地
yán miàn sǎo dì

lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom