clean ⇒ 妈妈花了整个下午在打扫厨房。 Māma huāle zhěnggè xiàwǔ zài dǎsǎo chúfáng. → Mum spent an entire afternoon cleaning the kitchen.
扫兴
disappointed
扫墓
tend a grave
扫射
strafe
扫尾
wind ... up ( pt , pp wound ) ⇒ 工作大体做完了,明日谁来扫尾？ Gōngzuò dàtǐ zuòwán le, míngrì shuí lái sǎowěi? → The work is pretty much finished. Who's going to come in tomorrow to wind things up?
扫帚
broom
扫描
scan
扫盲
eliminate illiteracy
扫视
take a quick look ( pt took ) , pp taken ⇒ 他向人群扫视了一遍,开始发表演讲。 Tā xiàng rénqún sǎoshìle yī biàn, kāishǐ fābiǎo yǎnjiǎng. → He took a quick look at the audience and then began his speech.
be cast out into the world with nothing to one's name ⇒ 父母死后,她被扫地出门。 Fùmǔ sǐ hòu, tā bèi sǎo dì chū mén. → After her parents died, she was cast out into the world with nothing to her name.
English translation of '扫'
扫 (掃)
(sǎo)
动
(= 打扫) sweep (pt, pp swept)
(= 除去) clear ... away
⇒ 扫黄 (sǎohuáng) crack down on pornography
(= 快速掠过) sweep (pt, pp swept)
⇒ 演员向观众扫了一眼。 (Yǎnyuán xiàng guānzhòng sǎole yī yǎn.) The actor's gaze swept over the audience.