洗地

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (洗地)		洗	地
simp. #(洗地)		洗	地
Literally: “to wash the ground; to clean the floor”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐdì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-ti⁴
    • Yale: syǐ-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiidih
    • Palladius: сиди (sidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/

Verb

洗地

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 洗,‎ 地.
2. (military, informal) to perform an area bombing; to bomb a large area indiscriminately; to carpet bomb
3. (neologism) to cover up evidence of wrongdoing; to justify and defend someone against blame, charges or accusations as a veneering; to whitewash