to scan

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

(bound form) a (large) broom

to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited

to tidy up; to mop up; a sweep (against crime)

broom

(military) to mop up; to crack down on; to eradicate

to rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down

to sweep the floor; (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low

to sweep away; to sweep across

broom

scanner (device)

to clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out

to do the cleaning; to clean up

Saul (name); biblical king around 1000 BC

scanner

see 回描[hui2 miao2]

to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)

to complete the last stage of work; to round off

to wipe out illiteracy

to paint the eyebrows

to scan a QR code or barcode

see 掃堂腿|扫堂腿[sao3 tang2 tui3]

to sweep the streets; to canvas (for votes, sales etc)

to run one's eyes over; to sweep one's eyes over

to go on a shopping spree; to buy in bulk

Minesweeper (computer game)

to clear mines

campaign against pornography

to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime

whisk

Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]); (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

(martial arts) floor-sweeping kick (to trip one's opponent)

see 清明節|清明节[Qing1 ming2 jie2]

comet; person who brings bad luck; jinx

comet; person who brings bad luck; jinx

handheld barcode scanner

see 掃堂腿|扫堂腿[sao3 tang2 tui3]

mechanical sweeper

snowplow

minesweeper

minesweeper

see 一掃而空|一扫而空[yi1 sao3 er2 kong1]

(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out

to be thoroughly discredited; to fall into disrepute

to lose every scrap of reputation

(idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire

to eradicate pornography and illegal publications

campaign against pornography