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打扫
dǎsǎo
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- pinyin
- dǎsǎo
- simplified
- 打扫
- traditional
- 打掃
1 · verb
To remove dirt, waste, or clutter from a place so that it is tidy.
清除空间中的灰尘、垃圾或杂物，使其整洁。
Use clean a room; 打扫 usually takes a place. Do not confuse this with adjective clean.
We clean the room after the event.
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活动结束后，我们打扫房间。
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2 · verb
To remove dust, rubbish or clutter from a place.
清除某个地方的灰尘、垃圾或杂物。
It commonly takes a place, as in 打扫厨房. Citation tones are retained in the stored pinyin even when pronunciation changes in connected speech.
He spent half an hour cleaning the balcony.
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他花了半个小时打扫阳台。
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We’ll pick up the paper from the floor before cleaning the classroom.
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我们先把地上的纸捡起来，再打扫教室。
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clean — To remove dirt, waste, or clutter from a place so that it is tidy.