yī​sǎo'ér​guāng

to make a clean sweep

  • created reference approved 一扫而光/一掃而光 → 一扫而空/一掃而空 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一扫而光 / 一掃而光 yī​sǎo'ér​guāng

    一扫而空 / 一掃而空 yī​sǎo'ér​kōng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 一扫而光/一掃而光 → 一网打尽/一網打盡 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一扫而光 / 一掃而光 yī​sǎo'ér​guāng

    一网打尽 / 一網打盡 yī​wǎng​dǎ​jìn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一扫而光/一掃而光 · yī​sǎo'ér​guāng · to make a clean sweep — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一扫而光 / 一掃而光

    yī​sǎo'ér​guāng

    to make a clean sweep

    (idiom) To sweep away completely; to clear out or finish off everything in one go

    yì​sǎo'ér​guāng

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · [suddenness] 扫 (literal) → 扫/掃 · sǎo · to eliminate 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [resultative linker] 光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · used up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense