扫地 (掃地)
sǎo dì
Pinyin

Definition

扫地 (掃地)
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sǎo dì
  1. to sweep the floor
  2. to reach rock bottom
  3. to be at an all-time low

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地主
dì zhǔ
  1. 1 landlord
  2. 2 landowner
  3. 3 host
地址
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb

Sample Sentences

那我们买个扫地机器人吧？
nà wǒmen mǎi gè sǎodì jīqìrén ba ？
Then why don't we buy a sweeping robot?
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是啊，新产品！可以扫地、擦地。以后你就有时间看电视剧，我也能打游戏了！
shì a ，xīn chǎnpǐn ！kěyǐ sǎodì 、cā dì 。yǐhòu nǐ jiù yǒu shíjiān kàn diànshìjù ，wǒ yě néng dǎ yóuxì le ！
Yeah, it's a new product. It can sweep and wipe up the floor. After that, you'll have time to watch TV and I'll be able to play video games!
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扫地机器人？
sǎodì jīqìrén ？
A sweeping robot?
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好……那你先去扫地吧！
hǎo ……nà nǐ xiān qù sǎodì ba ！
Okay... but you've still got to sweep up first!
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