洗雪
xǐ xuě
Pinyin

Definition

洗雪
 - 
xǐ xuě
  1. to erase
  2. to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下雪
xià xuě
  1. 1 to snow
洗
xǐ
  1. 1 to wash
  2. 2 to bathe
  3. 3 to develop (photo)
洗澡
xǐ zǎo
  1. 1 to bathe
  2. 2 to take a shower
雪
Xuě
  1. 1 surname Xue
雪花
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake
冰雪
bīng xuě
  1. 1 ice and snow
大雪
Dà xuě
  1. 1 Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
小雪
Xiǎo xuě
  1. 1 Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
冲洗
chōng xǐ
  1. 1 to rinse
  2. 2 to wash
  3. 3 to develop (photographic film)
洗刷
xǐ shuā
  1. 1 wash
  2. 2 brush
  3. 3 scrub
洗手
xǐ shǒu
  1. 1 to wash one's hands
  2. 2 to go to the toilet
洗净
xǐ jìng
  1. 1 to wash clean
洗涤
xǐ dí
  1. 1 to rinse
  2. 2 to wash
  3. 3 washing
洗漱
xǐ shù
  1. 1 to wash the face and rinse the mouth
洗碗
xǐ wǎn
  1. 1 to wash the dishes
洗礼
xǐ lǐ
  1. 1 baptism (lit. or fig.)
洗脑
xǐ nǎo
  1. 1 to brainwash
洗脸
xǐ liǎn
  1. 1 to wash your face
洗衣
xǐ yī
  1. 1 laundry
洗衣机
xǐ yī jī
  1. 1 washer
  2. 2 washing machine
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái]

Idioms (17)

以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
  1. 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
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)
报仇雪耻
bào chóu xuě chǐ
  1. 1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
报仇雪恨
bào chóu xuě hèn
  1. 1 to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)
家贫如洗
jiā pín rú xǐ
  1. 1 extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
  2. 2 penniless
  3. 3 poor as church mice
洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
程门立雪
Chéng mén lì xuě
  1. 1 lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. deep reverence for one's master
聚萤映雪
jù yíng yìng xuě
  1. 1 lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background
  2. 2 burning the midnight oil
赤贫如洗
chì pín rú xǐ
  1. 1 without two nickels to rub together (idiom)
  2. 2 impoverished
金盆洗手
jīn pén xǐ shǒu
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
雪上加霜
xuě shàng jiā shuāng
  1. 1 to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another
  2. 2 to make things worse in a bad situation
雪中送炭
xuě zhōng sòng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
  1. 1 a goose's footprint in the snow
  2. 2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
  3. 3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
革面洗心
gé miàn xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
风花雪月
fēng huā xuě yuè
  1. 1 wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
  2. 2 love affair
  3. 3 romance is in the air
  4. 4 dissipated life
鹅毛大雪
é máo dà xuě
  1. 1 goose feather snow (idiom)
  2. 2 big heavy snow fall

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