洗地
Chinese
to wash; to bathe | earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly | ||
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trad. (洗地) | 洗 | 地 | |
simp. #(洗地) | 洗 | 地 | |
Literally: “to wash the ground; to clean the floor”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
洗地
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 洗, 地.
- (military, informal) to perform an area bombing; to bomb a large area indiscriminately; to carpet bomb
- (neologism) to cover up evidence of wrongdoing; to justify and defend someone against blame, charges or accusations as a veneering; to whitewash