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扫除

sǎo chú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 掃除

扫除 (sǎo chú) means "to sweep; to clean with a brush; to sweep away (often fig.)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 扫除 means

1. to clean; to clean up
2. to eliminate; to wipe out

The characters in 扫除

• 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…
• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude

Words starting with 扫除

• 扫除机sǎo chú jīmechanical sweeper
• 扫除天下sǎo chú tiān xià(idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire

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