"Sweep" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 打扫 | dǎ sǎo | to clean / to sweep |   |
| 席卷 | xí juǎn | to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything | |
| 清扫 | qīng sǎo | to tidy up / to mop up / a sweep (against crime) | |
| 划拉 | huá la | to sweep / to brush away | |
| 扫 |  sǎo | to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away / to wipe out / to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over / to scan | |
| 掠 | lu:è | to take over by force / to rob / to plunder / to brush over / to skim / to sweep | |
| 扫探 | sweep | | |
| 声纳扫海 | sonar sweep / sweep | | |
| 乒周期 | ping cycle / ping period / sweep | | |
| 掠过 | lu:è guò | to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle) | |
| 横扫 | héng sǎo | to sweep away / to sweep across | |
| 铲除 | chǎn chú | to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish | |
| 扫视 | sǎo shì | to run one's eyes over / to sweep one's eyes over | |
| 扫地 | sǎo dì | to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low | |
| 所向披靡 | suǒ xiàng pī mǐ | (idiom) to sweep everything before one / to be invincible | |
| 扫墓 | sǎo mù | to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) | |
| 裹挟 | guǒ xié | to sweep along / to coerce | |
| 卷 | juǎn | to roll up / to sweep up / to carry along / a roll / classifier for rolls, spools etc | |
| 荡 | dàng | to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond | |
| 一扫而空 | yī sǎo ér kōng | (idiom) to make a clean sweep of / to clean out | |
| 扫除天下 | sǎo chú tiān xià | to sweep away evil / to purge (the world of crime) | |
| 秋风扫落叶 | qiū fēng sǎo luò yè | lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom) / to drive out the old and make a clean sweep | |
| 疾驰而过 | jí chí ér guò | to sweep past / to hurtle past / to swoosh past | |
| 席卷亚洲 | xí juǎn yà zhōu | to sweep through Asia | |
| 劲吹 | jìng chuī | (of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society | |
| 报喜不报忧 | bào xǐ bù bào yōu | to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet | |
| 扫街 | sǎo jiē | to sweep the streets / to canvas (for votes, sales etc) | |
| 流动账户 | liú dòng zhàng hù | sweep accounts | |
| 扫描频率 | sweep rate | | |
| 扫描系统 | sweep system / multi-transducer sonar | | |
| 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 | gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng | sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) | |
| 桔槔 | jié gāo | well sweep (device for raising and lowering a bucket in a well, using a pivoted pole) | |
