涤瑕荡垢
dí​xiá​dàng​gòu

to wash away flaws and filth

  • created sense approved 涤瑕荡垢/滌瑕蕩垢 · dí​xiá​dàng​gòu · to wash away flaws and filth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    涤瑕荡垢 / 滌瑕蕩垢

    dí​xiá​dàng​gòu

    to wash away flaws and filth

    (idiom) to sweep away vices and corruption; to eradicate bad habits or past mistakes and make a fresh start

    涤 (literal) → 涤/滌 · dí · to cleanse 瑕 (literal) → 瑕 · xiá · defect 荡 (literal) → 荡/蕩 · dàng · to wash away 垢 (literal) → 垢 · gòu · dirt

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

    created sense