掃地以盡

Chinese

		to sweep the floor; to be completely destroyed; to reach rock bottom to sweep the floor; to be completely destroyed; to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)
trad. (掃地以盡)		掃地	以	盡
simp. (扫地以尽)		扫地	以	尽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǎodìyǐjìn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ dei⁶ ji⁵ zeon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǎodìyǐjìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǎodìyǐjìn
  - Wade–Giles: sao³-ti⁴-i³-chin⁴
  - Yale: sǎu-dì-yǐ-jìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saodihyiijinn
  - Palladius: саодиицзинь (saodiiczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ dei⁶ ji⁵ zeon⁶
  - Yale: sou deih yíh jeuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ dei⁶ ji⁵ dzoen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ déi⁶ yi⁵ zên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ tei̯²² jiː¹³ t͡sɵn²²/

Idiom

掃地以盡

(derogatory) Synonym of 掃地俱盡／扫地俱尽 (sǎodìjùjìn, “to be swept away; to be completely destroyed or discredited”)
- 地主的體面威風，掃地以盡。 [MSC, trad.]
  地主的体面威风，扫地以尽。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Dìzhǔ de tǐmiàn wēifēng, sǎodìyǐjìn. [Pinyin]
  Every bit of the dignity and prestige built up by the landlords is being swept into the dust.

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