粵

掃sou3蕩dong6

simp扫荡
sou3 dong6sǎo dàng

English

  1. (military) to mop up
  2. to crack down on; to eradicate
  3. to root out; to do away with something thoroughly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 消滅、剷除一啲唔好嘅嘢;有輕鬆做到嘅意思,好似掃垃圾咁樣就清除咗某啲禍害

Examples

  • 掃蕩色情網吧

    to crack down on sex-related cyber cafes

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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