"sweep" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 打扫 打掃 | to clean / to sweep | syn | |
| 席卷 席捲 | to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything | syn | |
| 清扫 清掃 | to tidy up / to mop up / a sweep (against crime) | syn | |
| 划拉 | to sweep / to brush away | syn | |
| 扫 掃 | to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away / to wipe out / to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over / to scan | syn | |
| 掠 | to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep | syn | |
| 声纳扫海 聲納掃海 | sonar sweep / sweep | ||
| 扫探 掃探 | sweep | ||
| 乒周期 | ping cycle / ping period / sweep |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 卷 捲 | to roll up / to sweep up / to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc | syn | |
| 掠过 掠過 | to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle) | ||
| 横扫 橫掃 | to sweep away / to sweep across | syn | |
| 铲除 剷除 | to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish | syn | |
| 扫视 掃視 | to run one's eyes over / to sweep one's eyes over | syn | |
| 扫地 掃地 | to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low | syn | |
| 所向披靡 | (idiom) to sweep everything before one / to be invincible | syn | |
| 扫墓 掃墓 | to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) | syn | |
| 裹挟 裹挾 | to sweep along / to coerce | syn | |
| 荡 蕩 | to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond | syn | |
| 一扫而空 一掃而空 | (idiom) to make a clean sweep of / to clean out | syn | |
| 扫除天下 掃除天下 | to sweep away evil / to purge (the world of crime) | ||
| 秋风扫落叶 秋風掃落葉 | lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom) / to drive out the old and make a clean sweep | ||
| 疾驰而过 疾馳而過 | to sweep past / to hurtle past / to swoosh past | ||
| 席卷亚洲 席卷亞洲 | to sweep through Asia | ||
| 劲吹 勁吹 | (of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society | ||
| 报喜不报忧 報喜不報憂 | to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet | ||
| 扫街 掃街 | to sweep the streets / to canvas (for votes, sales etc) | ||
| 流动账户 流動賬戶 | sweep accounts | ||
| 扫描频率 掃描頻率 | sweep rate | ||
| 扫描系统 掃描系統 | sweep system / multi-transducer sonar | ||
| 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 (idiom) | ||
| 桔槔 | well sweep (device for raising and lowering a bucket in a well, using a pivoted pole) |