"to cleanse" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
洁净潔淨	jié jìng	adj.	clean / to cleanse	syn
冲刷沖刷	chōng shuā		to cleanse / to scrub / to scour / to wash down / to erode / to wash away
洗脱洗脫	xǐ tuō		to cleanse / to purge / to wash away	syn
淘	táo	v.	to wash / to clean out / to cleanse / to eliminate / to dredge	syn
沐	mù		to bathe / to cleanse / to receive / to be given	syn
涤滌	dí		to wash / to cleanse	syn
洗濯	xǐ zhuó		to wash / to cleanse / to launder	syn
洌	liè		pure / to cleanse	syn
洮	táo		to cleanse / name of a river
祓	fú		to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster
瀹	yuè		to cleanse / to boil	syn
沷	fā		to remove evil / to cleanse / to wash away
祓濯	fú zhuó		to cleanse / to purify
蠲涤蠲滌	juān dí		to wash / to cleanse
蠲洁蠲潔	juān jié		to cleanse / to clean / to purify
涤净滌淨	dí jìng		to cleanse / to purge

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
濯	zhuó		to wash / to cleanse of evil	syn
自洁自潔	zì jié		to cleanse oneself / to sanctify oneself / self-cleaning (spark plug, oven etc)
澡身浴德	zǎo shēn yù dé		to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom) / to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness
澣	huǎn		to cleanse / to bathe
澣	wǎn		to cleanse / to bathe
四清运动四清運動	sì qīng yùn dòng		the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party
浣雪	huàn xuě		to cleanse oneself of false accusations
涤瑕滌瑕	dí xiá		to cleanse away a stain
除净除淨	chú jìng		to remove completely / to eliminate / to cleanse from
洗削更革	xǐ xiāo gēng gé		(idiom) To cleanse, level, alter and transform. Describes carrying out reform in a forceful and sweeping manner.
洗心换骨洗心換骨	xǐ xīn huàn gǔ		(idiom) In Daoist thought, to cleanse the mind of worldly thoughts and shed one’s ordinary nature, thereby transcending the mundane world and entering sainthood.
洗心自新	xǐ xīn zì xīn		(idiom) To cleanse one’s heart and reform oneself. To repent sincerely and make a fresh start.
洗髓伐毛	xǐ suǐ fá máo		(idiom) To cleanse oneself completely of impurities and undergo a radical transformation, as if reborn in a new form.
涤地无类滌地無類	dí dì wú lèi		(idiom) To cleanse or eliminate something completely, leaving nothing behind.
清源正本	qīng yuán zhèng běn		(idiom) To cleanse matters at their source and reform them from the foundations. It describes a thorough rectification that addresses root causes.
澡雪精神	zǎo xuě jīng shén		(idiom) To cleanse the mind by removing vulgar thoughts and keep one's consciousness and thinking pure and upright.

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