浆洗 (漿洗)
jiāng xǐ
Pinyin
Definition
浆洗 (漿洗)
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- to wash and starch
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
以泪洗面
- 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
家贫如洗
- 1 extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
- 2 penniless
- 3 poor as church mice
洗心革面
- 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
- 2 to turn over a new leaf
赤贫如洗
- 1 without two nickels to rub together (idiom)
- 2 impoverished
金盆洗手
- 1 lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
- 2 fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw