掃地以盡
Chinese
- to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)
trad. (掃地以盡) 掃地 以 盡 simp. (扫地以尽) 扫地 以 尽
Pronunciation
Idiom
掃地以盡
- (derogatory) Synonym of 掃地俱盡/扫地俱尽 (sǎodìjùjìn, “to be swept away; to be completely destroyed or discredited”).
- 地主的體面威風,掃地以盡。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Dìzhǔ de tǐmiàn wēifēng, sǎodìyǐjìn. [Pinyin]
- Every bit of the dignity and prestige built up by the landlords is being swept into the dust.
地主的体面威风,扫地以尽。 [MSC, simp.]
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