扫 (掃) sǎo

1. sǎo verb to sweep; to clear away
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 扫地 'sweep the floor' (CCD '扫' 1; FE 1 '掃' 1; Guoyu '掃' v 1; Unihan '掃'; XHZD 1 '扫' 1)
2. sǎo verb to exterminate; to wipe out
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 消除 or 消灭 (CCD '扫' 2; FE 1 '掃' 2; Guoyu '掃' v 2; Unihan '掃')
3. sǎo adverb totally
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '扫' 4; FE 1 '掃' 3; XHZD 1 '扫' 3)
4. sǎo noun a broom
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE 2 '掃'; XHZD 2 '扫' 1)
5. sǎo verb to move right and left; to scan; to pass over
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 掠过 (CCD '扫' 3; FE 1 '掃' 5; Guoyu '掃' v 4)
6. sǎo verb to paint
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 涂抹 (FE 1 '掃' 4; Guoyu '掃' v 3)
7. sǎo verb to ruin; to corrupt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 败坏 (Guoyu '掃' v 5)
8. sǎo verb to write
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 书写 (Guoyu '掃' v 6)

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• 拂扫(拂掃) whisk
• 扫地(掃地) to sweep the floor; to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low
• 拜扫(拜掃) to make an offering and sweep the tomb
• 一扫而空(一掃而空) to sweep clean; to clean out
• 数码扫描(數碼掃描) a digital scan
• 打扫(打掃) to clean; to sweep
• 扫黄(掃黃) campaign against pornography
• 扫兴(掃興) to have one's spirits dampened; to feel disappointed
• 扫荡腿(掃蕩腿) leg sweep
• 电脑断层扫描(電腦斷層掃描) CAT scan; CT scan
• 扫街(掃街) to sweep the streets; to canvas (for votes, sales etc)
• 扫黄打非(掃黃打非) to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
• 扫除机(掃除機) mechanical sweeper
• 扫墓(掃墓) to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors); the Qingming festival
• 扫描(掃描) to scan [a landscape] ; to scan [a document] ; to scan [radio frequencies]
• 逐行扫描(逐行掃描) line by line scanning; progressive scanning
• 秋风扫落叶(秋風掃落葉) as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves; to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
• 扫除(掃除) to clean
• 扫荡(掃蕩) to root out; to wipe out
• 隔行扫描(隔行掃描) interlaced scanning
• 横扫千军(橫掃千軍) total annihilation
• 扫眉(掃眉) to paint the eyebrows
• 扫盲(掃盲) to wipe out illiteracy
• 影像扫描器(影像掃描器) image scanner
• 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜(各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜) sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof
• 扫描仪(掃描儀) scanner (device)
• 威信扫地(威信掃地) to lose every scrap of reputation
• 扫尾(掃尾) to complete the last stage of work; to round off
• 横扫(橫掃) to sweep away; to sweep across
• 扫雷舰(掃雷艦) minesweeper
• 一扫而光(一掃而光) to clear off; to make a clean sweep of
• 清扫(清掃) to tidy up; to mop up; to sweep
• 扫街机(掃街機) street sweeping machine
• 扫把(掃把) broom
• 扫黄运动(掃黃運動) campaign against pornography
• 扫把星(掃把星) bearer of ill luck; person with the evil eye; comet
• 祭扫(祭掃) to make offerings and sweep a grave
• 扫雪车(掃雪車) snowplow
• 扫射(掃射) to rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down
• 扫瞄(掃瞄) to scan
• 名誉扫地(名譽掃地) to be thoroughly discredited; to fall into disrepute
• 扫黑(掃黑) to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime
• 扫除天下(掃除天下) to sweep away evil; to purge (the world of crime)
• 扫罗(掃羅) Saul (name) / biblical king around 1000 BC
• 超声扫描(超聲掃描) ultrasonic scan
• 扫视(掃視) to run one's eyes over; to sweep one's eyes over
• 扫描器(掃描器) scanner
• 扫帚星(掃帚星) comet; jinx; bearer of ill luck
• 扫雷艇(掃雷艇) minesweeper
• 洒扫(灑掃) to sprinkle water and sweep the floor

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• 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 19
• 卷26　志第21 百官上 Volume 26 Treatises 21: Government Offices 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 11
• 卷四十九　志第二:　　天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 9
• 卷113 官氏志九 Volume 113 Treatise 9: Official Ranks Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 8
• 第六十三回 Chapter 63 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 《子張第十九》 Commentary on Zi Zhang XIX Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 7
• 第九十一回 Chapter 91 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 6

Collocations

• 扫清 (掃清) 掃清萬里 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十七 杜欒劉李劉謝列傳 Volume 57: Biographies of Du, Luan, Liu, Li, Liu, Xie — count: 9
• 扫平 (掃平) 掃平區域 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二 帝紀第二 世宗景帝 太祖文帝 Volume 2, Annals 2: Emperor Jing; Emperor Wen — count: 8
• 扫灭 (掃滅) 掃滅象也 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七下之下 五行志 Volume 27e: Treatise on the Five Elements 5 — count: 8
• 彗星扫 (彗星掃) 彗星扫太微宫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第十二 天文下 桓三十八 靈二十 獻九 隕石 Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three — count: 5
• 遂扫 (遂掃) 遂掃厥庭 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四 孝和孝殤帝紀 Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Xiaohe; Emperor Xiaoshang — count: 5
• 扫洒 (掃灑) 曰備掃灑 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮下》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 2 — count: 4
• 洒扫 (灑掃) 當洒掃 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 19. 《子張》 Zi Zhang — count: 4
• 扫太微 (掃太微) 彗星扫太微宫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第十二 天文下 桓三十八 靈二十 獻九 隕石 Volume 102: Astronomy Part Three — count: 4
• 进扫 (進掃) 風伯進掃 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 十過第十 Chapter 10: Ten Faults — count: 4
• 扫定 (掃定) 義旗以三月二日掃定京都 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two — count: 4