- 扫地出门 sǎodìchūmén to turn someone out of house and homeTo confiscate all of a person's property and throw them out of their house; by extension, to completely purge or expel someone from an organization or place.
- 名誉扫地 míngyùsǎodì to be discreditedto fall into complete disrepute; to have one's reputation thoroughly ruined or dragged through the mud
- 斯文扫地 sīwénsǎodì to destroy traditional cultureReferring to the complete destruction of ritual, music, or cultural systems
- 威信扫地 wēixìnsǎodì to be completely discreditedTo lose one's reputation and prestige completely; to have one's credibility thoroughly destroyed.
- 颜面扫地 yánmiànsǎodì to completely lose faceliterally for one's face to be swept across the ground; to be thoroughly discredited or lose all prestige; to be humiliated beyond repair
- 扫地僧 sǎodìsēng Sweeper MonkA nameless monk in Jin Yong's novel [[天龙八部|天龍八部|tian1 long2 ba1 bu4]] who maintains the library of Shaolin and possesses extraordinary martial arts skills
- 扫地机器人 sǎodìjīqìrén robot vacuumrobotic vacuum cleaner; automated device used for cleaning floors
- 五经扫地 wǔjīngsǎodì to bring disgrace to one's scholarly reputationTo lose all dignity as a scholar or intellectual; to behave in a way that humiliates the literary tradition or brings shame upon oneself.