掃地

扫

掃

sǎo

地

dì

to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low

Characters and words in 掃地

扫

掃

sǎo = s + ao3

to sweep

扫 = 彐 + 扌 : Socrates (s) is sweeping the aorta (ao3) using a broom (扫). There are big pig snouts (彐) lying around on the floor which he picks up using a toy claw (扌) because they are too big to sweep (扫).

扫

掃

sào = s + ao4

broom

地

de = d + e5

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

地

dì = di + Ø4

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]

地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.

Words with 掃地

名

míng

誉

譽

yù

扫

掃

sǎo

地

dì

to be thoroughly discredited / to fall into disrepute

颜

顏

yán

面

miàn

扫

掃

sǎo

地

dì

lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)

威

we̅i

信

xìn

扫

掃

sǎo

地

dì

to lose every scrap of reputation

扫

掃

sǎo

地

dì

僧

se̅ng

Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]) / (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known

Sentences with 掃地

掃地 currently does not appear in any sentence.