横扫
héng sǎo
Pinyin

Definition

横扫
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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
横行
héng xíng
  1. 1 to go on the rampage
  2. 2 to riot
  3. 3 to run amuck
一扫而光
yī sǎo ér guāng
  1. 1 to clear off
  2. 2 to make a clean sweep of
一扫而空
yī sǎo ér kōng
  1. 1 to sweep clean
  2. 2 to clean out
妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty
专横
zhuān hèng
  1. 1 imperious
  2. 2 peremptory
强横
qiáng hèng
  1. 1 surly and unreasoning
  2. 2 bullying
  3. 3 tyrannical
才华横溢
cái huá héng yì
  1. 1 brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
  2. 2 brilliant
扫地
sǎo dì
  1. 1 to sweep the floor
  2. 2 to reach rock bottom
  3. 3 to be at an all-time low
扫射
sǎo shè
  1. 1 to rake with machine gunfire
  2. 2 to strafe
  3. 3 to machine-gun down
扫帚
sào zhou
  1. 1 broom
扫把
sào bǎ
  1. 1 broom
扫描仪
sǎo miáo yí
  1. 1 scanner (device)
扫盲
sǎo máng
  1. 1 to wipe out illiteracy
扫兴
sǎo xìng
  1. 1 to have one's spirits dampened
  2. 2 to feel disappointed
扫荡
sǎo dàng
  1. 1 to root out
  2. 2 to wipe out

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)
横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
横生枝节
héng shēng zhī jié
  1. 1 to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
横眉怒目
héng méi nù mù
  1. 1 lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
  2. 2 to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
横冲直撞
héng chōng zhí zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping
  2. 2 to barge
  3. 3 to charge around violently
眼泪横流
yǎn lèi hèng liú
  1. 1 to be overflowing with tears (idiom)
秋风扫落叶
qiū fēng sǎo luò yè
  1. 1 lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
纵横交错
zòng héng jiāo cuò
  1. 1 criss-crossed (idiom)
老气横秋
lǎo qì héng qiū
  1. 1 old and decrepit
  2. 2 proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
血肉横飞
xuè ròu héng fēi
  1. 1 flesh and blood flying (idiom); carnage
  2. 2 people blown to pieces
颜面扫地
yán miàn sǎo dì
  1. 1 lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom
  2. 2 to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
飞来横祸
fēi lái hèng huò
  1. 1 sudden and unexpected disaster (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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