"to sweep along" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
裹挟 裹挾 guǒ xié to sweep along / to coerce syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn
dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn
chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish syn
对付 對付 duì fu to handle / to deal with / to tackle / to get by with / to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) syn
相处 相處 xiāng chǔ to be in contact (with sb) / to associate / to interact / to get along (well, poorly) syn
打扫 打掃 dǎ sǎo to clean / to sweep syn
随着 隨著 suí zhe along with / in the wake of / following syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
沿着 沿著 yán zhe to go along / to follow syn
始终 始終 shǐ zhōng from beginning to end / all along syn
运行 運行 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run syn
顺着 順著 shùn zhe to follow / following / along syn
行驶 行駛 xíng shǐ to travel along a route (of vehicles etc) syn
过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along syn
扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn
一贯 一貫 yī guàn consistent / constant / from start to finish / all along / persistent syn
铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish syn
共处 共處 gòng chǔ to coexist / to get along (with others) syn
合得来 合得來 hé de lái to get along with well / compatible syn
清扫 清掃 qīng sǎo to tidy up / to mop up / a sweep (against crime) syn
机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! syn
席卷 席捲 xí juǎn to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything syn
漂流 piāo liú to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting syn
连同 連同 lián tóng together with / along with syn
尾随 尾隨 wěi suí to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of syn
合不来 合不來 hé bù lái (of people) to be incompatible / to not get along / to be unable to see eye to eye syn
横扫 橫掃 héng sǎo to sweep away / to sweep across syn
掠过 掠過 lüè guò to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
沿途 yán tú along the sides of the road / by the wayside
所向披靡 suǒ xiàng pī mǐ (idiom) to sweep everything before one / to be invincible syn
不和 bù hé not to get along well / to be on bad terms / to be at odds / discord syn
一并 一併 yī bìng to lump together / to treat along with all the others syn
跌跌撞撞 diē die zhuàng zhuàng to stagger along syn
拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn
蜿蜒 wān yán (of a snake) to wriggle along / (of a river etc) to zigzag / to meander / to wind syn
附和 fù hè to agree / to go along with / to echo (what sb says) syn
扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) syn
沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line
疾驰 疾馳 jí chí to speed along syn
鞭笞 biān chī to flog / to lash / to whip / to urge or goad along syn
扫视 掃視 sǎo shì to run one's eyes over / to sweep one's eyes over syn
标兵 標兵 biāo bīng parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter syn
缓步 緩步 huǎn bù to walk slowly / to amble along / gradually / slowly syn
浮沉 fú chén ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge syn
陪酒 péi jiǔ to drink along (with sb)
偕同 xié tóng along with / accompanied by / together with syn
不依 bù yī not to comply / not to go along with / not to let off easily / not to let sb get away with it syn
配发 配發 pèi fā to issue / to distribute / to publish along with
按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one
带去 帶去 dài qu to take along with one
沿江 yán jiāng along the river / the region around the river
沿路 yán lù along the way / on the way / area beside a road
关山 關山 guān shān fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown
麻吉 má jí (slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial
急驰 急馳 jí chí to speed along
苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex) syn
偏锋 偏鋒 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
沿边 沿邊 yán biān close to the border / along the border
随顺 隨順 suí shùn to follow / to go along with
投契 tóu qì to get along well (with sb) / congenial / to speculate (on financial markets) syn
扶老携幼 扶老攜幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young syn
随带 隨帶 suí dài to carry along / portable syn
划拉 huá la to sweep / to brush away syn
sòng to send / to deliver / to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany / to go along with syn
hùn to mix / to mingle / muddled / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb / thoughtless / reckless syn
juǎn to roll up / to sweep up / to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc syn
对劲 對勁 duì jìn suitable / to one's liking / to get along together syn
shùn to obey / to follow / to arrange / to make reasonable / along / favorable syn
qiān to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in syn
sǎo 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
沿 yán along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge syn
yuán cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along syn
dàng to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond syn
xié to carry / to take along / to bring along / to hold (hands) / also pr. [xi1] syn
féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn
lüè to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep syn
和睦相处 和睦相處 hé mù xiāng chǔ to live in harmony / to get along with each other syn
luō to hold sth long and run one's hand along it syn
生拉硬拽 shēng lā yìng zhuài to drag sb along against his will / to draw a forced analogy syn
(dialect) to rub one's hand along / to fire (an employee) / to reprimand
qiè to raise / to lift / to take along (e.g. one's family) syn
因袭 因襲 yīn xí to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines syn
花鼓戏 花鼓戲 huā gǔ xì opera form popular along Changjiang
老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
腓尼基 féi ní jī Phoenicia, ancient civilization along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
一扫而空 一掃而空 yī sǎo ér kōng (idiom) to make a clean sweep of / to clean out syn
相见恨晚 相見恨晚 xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn to regret not having met earlier (idiom) / It is nice to meet you finally. / It feels like we have known each other all along. syn
扫除天下 掃除天下 sǎo chú tiān xià to sweep away evil / to purge (the world of crime)
秋风扫落叶 秋風掃落葉 qiū fēng sǎo luò yè lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom) / to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
落落难合 落落難合 luò luò nán hé a loner / someone who does not easily get along with others
逢场作戏 逢場作戲 féng chǎng zuò xì lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom) / to join in the fun / to play along according to local conditions syn
素不相能 sù bù xiāng néng unable to get along (idiom)
蜗行牛步 蝸行牛步 wō xíng niú bù lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) / fig. to move at a snail's pace / to make slow progress syn
声纳扫海 聲納掃海 sonar sweep / sweep
疾驰而过 疾馳而過 jí chí ér guò to sweep past / to hurtle past / to swoosh past
席卷亚洲 席卷亞洲 xí juǎn yà zhōu to sweep through Asia
劲吹 勁吹 jìng chuī (of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society
报喜不报忧 報喜不報憂 bào xǐ bù bào yōu to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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