灑掃
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Chinese[edit]
spill; sprinkle | broom; to sweep | ||
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trad. (灑掃) | 灑 | 掃 | |
simp. (洒扫) | 洒 | 扫 | |
anagram | 掃灑/扫洒 |
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Verb[edit]
灑掃
- (literary) to sprinkle water and sweep the floor
- 凡內外:雞初鳴,咸盥漱。衣服,斂枕簟。灑掃室堂及庭。布席,各從其事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Fán nèiwài: jī chū míng, xián guàn shù. Yīfú, liǎn zhěn diàn. Sǎsǎo shì táng jí tíng. Bù xí, gè cóng qí shì. [Pinyin]
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凡内外:鸡初鸣,咸盥漱。衣服,敛枕簟。洒扫室堂及庭。布席,各从其事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 見其庭宇有諸糞穢,掬除灑掃,塗香散花,更采青蓮,重布其地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 646 AD, 玄奘 (Xuanzang), 辯機 (Bianji), 《大唐西域記·卷三·八國·呾叉始羅國》 (Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, Chapter 3, Taxila)
- Jiàn qí tíngyǔ yǒu zhū fènhuì, jū chú sǎsǎo, tú xiāng sàn huā, gèng cǎi qīnglián, chóng bù qí dì. [Pinyin]
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见其庭宇有诸粪秽,掬除洒扫,涂香散花,更采青莲,重布其地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]