秋風掃落葉
qiū​fēng​sǎo​luò​yè

sweep away like autumn leaves

  • created sense approved 秋风扫落叶/秋風掃落葉 · qiū​fēng​sǎo​luò​yè · sweep away like autumn leaves — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    秋风扫落叶 / 秋風掃落葉

    qiū​fēng​sǎo​luò​yè

    sweep away like autumn leaves

    literally meaning "the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves", describing the use of overwhelming force to swiftly eliminate decaying or corrupt elements

    秋风 (literal) → 秋风/秋風 · qiū​fēng · autumn wind 扫 (literal) → 扫/掃 · sǎo · to eliminate 落叶 (literal) → 落叶/落葉 · luò​yè · fallen leaves

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

    created sense