横扫 (橫掃)
héng sǎo
Pinyin

Definition

横扫 (橫掃)
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héng sǎo
  1. to sweep away
  2. to sweep across

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

打扫
dǎ sǎo
  1. 1 to clean
  2. 2 to sweep
扫
sǎo
  1. 1 to sweep
扫描
sǎo miáo
  1. 1 to scan
扫除
sǎo chú
  1. 1 to sweep
  2. 2 to clean with a brush
  3. 3 to sweep away (often fig.)
横
héng
  1. 1 horizontal
  2. 2 across
  3. 3 crosswise
  4. 4 horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
  5. 5 to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  6. 6 to cross (a river, etc)
  7. 7 in a jumble
  8. 8 chaotic
  9. 9 (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
  10. 10 violent

Idioms (18)

各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
  1. 1 side issues keep arising (idiom)
横七竖八
héng qī shù bā
  1. 1 in disorder
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens (idiom)
横刀夺爱
héng dāo duó ài
  1. 1 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我记得《烟雨蒙蒙》、《婉君表妹》、《庭院深深》等电影，横扫了当时金马奖的各大奖项。
wǒ jìde 《 yānyǔméngméng 》、《 wǎnjūnbiǎomèi 》、《 tíngyuànshēnshēn 》děng diànyǐng ，héngsǎo le dāngshí jīnmǎjiǎng de gèdà jiǎngxiàng 。
I remember films like "Fire and Rain", "Four Loves" and "You Can't Tell Him", and they swept the board at the Golden Horse Awards at the time.
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影帝方面就很无聊了，卡西艾弗莱克一路横扫所有大奖，当然他的演出也很值得拿奖，可是这样就不够紧张刺激。
yǐngdì fāngmiàn jiù hěn wúliáo le ，kǎxī àifúláikè yī lù héngsǎo suǒyǒu dàjiǎng ，dāngrán tā de yǎnchū yě hěn zhídé ná jiǎng ，kěshì zhèyàng jiù bù gòu jǐnzhāng cìjī 。
The Best Actor in a Leading Role category is boring, Casey Affleck is set to scoop up all the big awards. Of course his performances are all worthy of the awards, but it doesn't make it very tense or exciting.
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