掃地以盡

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǎodìyǐjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saodihyyijinn
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ dei⁶ ji⁵ zeon⁶
    • Yale: sou deih yíh jeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ dei⁶ ji⁵ dzoen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ déi⁶ yi⁵ zên⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ tei̯²² jiː¹³ t͡ɕɵn²²/

Idiom

掃地以盡

1. (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 (1991). 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.