清算
cing1 syun3qīng suàn
English
- to settle accounts
- to clear accounts
- to liquidate
- to expose and criticize
- to thoroughly calculate, esp. accounts
- to purge, due to political change
粵語 — Cantonese
- 徹底計算成盤數
- 出於政治原因，將啲人降職、開除、流放、監禁甚至處死
Examples
清算帳目
to clear the account balances ----
新政黨一上任，前朝政府官員大肆被清算。
Once the new party took office, the former government officials were purged left and right.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk