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捨棄
Mandarin: she3 qi4
abandon - to abandon a lover, give up,
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捨生成仁
sacrifice for virtue or higher ethical values
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捨身
Mandarin: she3 shen1
give one's life; sacrifice oneself
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捨身圖報
Mandarin: she3 shen1 tu2 bao4
Simplified: 舍身图报
to repay for favor, even if it costs one's life
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捨身報國
Mandarin: she3 shen1 bao4 guo2
give up one's life to repay one's country
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捨身救人
sacrifice one's life to save others
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捨身為國
Mandarin: she3 shen1 wei4 guo2
to die for one's country
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捨身相救
Mandarin: she3 shen1 xiang1 jiu4
to sacrifice one's life to save someone
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捨近求遠
Mandarin: she3 jin4 qiu2 yuan3
Simplified: 舍近求远
verb; literally: reject what is near at hand and seek what is far away, it describes making things more complicated
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掃
Mandarin: sao3
Simplified: 扫
to sweep | to clear away | to raid | to disrupt | to attack | all | disappointed | to sketch | to sweep across | to move quickly left and right | to round off | to sweep the tomb | a broom | # adapted from cc-cedict
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掃乾淨
Mandarin: sao3 gan1jing4
Simplified: 扫干净
to sweep | dust clean [written and colloquial]; to finish up eating everything [colloquial]
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掃地
to sweep the floor
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掃地出門
Mandarin: sao3 di4 chu1 men2
Simplified: 扫地出门
verb; literally: swept out the rubbish from the house. Metaphor :Bad things completely cleared out; Also confiscation of all property, kicking out of the house
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掃地機
Mandarin: sao3 di4 ji1
a floor sweeper (large mechanical or push sweeper)
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掃場
Mandarin: sao3 chang3
Simplified: 扫场
to raid and disrupt a business venue | club | shop etc by force [colloquial]
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掃墓
to pay tribute to a (friend's or relative's) tomb for Ching Ming
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掃墓人士
Mandarin: sao3 mu4 ren2 shi4
grave-sweepers
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掃射
Mandarin: sao3 she4
(of a machine gun) to spray with bullets
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掃帚
Mandarin: sao4 zhou3
broom
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掃帚星
Mandarin: sao4 zhou3 xing1
comet; jinx, bearer of bad luck | [粵]: 彗星, 掃把星
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掃平
Mandarin: sao3 ping2
Simplified: 扫平
to clear; to sweep over; to crush; to suppress
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掃把
Mandarin: sao4 ba3
Cantonese
broom. [國]: 掃帚
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掃把星
Mandarin: sao4 ba3 xing1
[1] a comet. | Formal: 彗星 [2] a person who is, or an object which is, a harbinger of bad luck or disaster.
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掃把頭
Mandarin: sao4ba3 tou2
Simplified: 扫把头
broom head, can also be used to mock one's headstyle that looks like a broom; describes someone with unruly messy hair [colloquial]
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掃描
Mandarin: sao3 miao2
to scan (electronic)
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掃描器
Mandarin: sao3 miao2 qi4
scanner
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掃描指紋
Mandarin: sao3 miao2 zhi3 wen4
provide a thumb imprint
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掃描機
Mandarin: sao3 miao2 ji1
scanner
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掃毒
Mandarin: sao3 du2
Simplified: 扫毒
drug squad; virus scan
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掃灰水
Mandarin: sao3 hui1 shui3
Simplified: 扫灰水
limewashing
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