打扫 dǎsǎo, [打掃], to clean/to sweep 扫描 sǎomiáo, [掃描], to scan 扫 sǎo/sào, [掃], to sweep, broom 扫地 sǎodì, [掃地], to sweep the floor/to reach rock bottom/to be at an all-time low 扫兴 sǎoxìng, [掃興], to have one's spirits dampened/to feel disappointed 扫帚 sàozhou, [掃帚], broom 扫描仪 sǎomiáoyí, [掃描儀], scanner (device) 清扫 qīngsǎo, [清掃], to tidy up/to mop up/a sweep (against crime) 扫荡 sǎodàng, [掃蕩], to root out/to wipe out 横扫 héngsǎo, [橫掃], to sweep away/to sweep across 扫射 sǎoshè, [掃射], to rake with machine gunfire/to strafe/to machine-gun down 扫把 sàobǎ, [掃把], broom 扫描器 sǎomiáoqì, [掃描器], scanner 扫除 sǎochú, [掃除], to sweep/to clean with a brush/to sweep away (often fig.) 一扫而光 yīsǎoérguāng, [一掃而光], to clear off/to make a clean sweep of 扫尾 sǎowěi, [掃尾], to complete the last stage of work/to round off 扫黄 sǎohuáng, [掃黃], campaign against pornography 扫墓 sǎomù, [掃墓], to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) 一扫而空 yīsǎoérkōng, [一掃而空], to sweep clean/to clean out 扫视 sǎoshì, [掃視], to run one's eyes over/to sweep one's eyes over 扫盲 sǎománg, [掃盲], to wipe out illiteracy 扫雷 sǎoléi, [掃雷], minesweeper (computer game) 扫帚星 sàozhouxīng, [掃帚星], comet/jinx/bearer of ill luck 扫雷艇 sǎoléitǐng, [掃雷艇], minesweeper 横扫千军 héngsǎoqiānjūn, [橫掃千軍], total annihilation 扫黄打非 sǎohuángdǎfēi, [掃黃打非], to eradicate pornography and illegal publications 名誉扫地 míngyùsǎodì, [名譽掃地], to be thoroughly discredited/to fall into disrepute 威信扫地 wēixìnsǎodì, [威信掃地], to lose every scrap of reputation 扫把星 sàobǎxīng, [掃把星], bearer of ill luck/person with the evil eye/comet 扫眉 sǎoméi, [掃眉], to paint the eyebrows 扫码 sǎomǎ, [掃碼], to scan a QR code or barcode 扫罗 Sǎoluó, [掃羅], Saul (name)/biblical king around 1000 BC 扫荡腿 sǎodàngtuǐ, [掃蕩腿], leg sweep 扫街 sǎojiē, [掃街], to sweep the streets/to canvas (for votes, sales etc) 扫除天下 sǎochútiānxià, [掃除天下], to sweep away evil/to purge (the world of crime) 扫除机 sǎochújī, [掃除機], mechanical sweeper 扫雪车 sǎoxuěchē, [掃雪車], snowplow 扫雷舰 sǎoléijiàn, [掃雷艦], minesweeper 扫黄运动 sǎohuángyùndòng, [掃黃運動], campaign against pornography 扫黑 sǎohēi, [掃黑], to crack down on illegal activities/to fight organized crime 拂扫 fúsǎo, [拂掃], whisk 数码扫描 shùmǎsǎomiáo, [數碼掃描], a digital scan 电脑断层扫描 diànnǎoduàncéngsǎomiáo, [電腦斷層掃描], CAT scan/CT scan 秋风扫落叶 qiūfēngsǎoluòyè, [秋風掃落葉], lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the ... 超声扫描 chāoshēngsǎomiáo, [超聲掃描], ultrasonic scan 逐行扫描 zhúhángsǎomiáo, [逐行掃描], line by line scanning/progressive scanning 隔行扫描 géhángsǎomiáo, [隔行掃描], interlaced scanning 颜面扫地 yánmiànsǎodì, [顏面掃地], lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom/to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)