一而光

yī'érguāng

idiom

Meanings

1 swept clean in one stroke
2 completely eradicated
3 same as 一扫而空

Characters

one, in a single stroke

exhausted, bare

Examples

旧积弊须一而光。

Jiù jībì xū yī'érguāng.

Longstanding abuses must be swept away in one stroke.

一场大火将仓库一而光。

Yì chǎng dàhuǒ jiāng cāngkù yī'érguāng.

A single fire wiped the warehouse clean.

Tips

usage

Rare, literary variant of 一扫而空. Shows up in older writing for rhetorical punch; in everyday speech prefer 一扫而光 or 一扫而空.

Stroke Order

一 yī

而 ér

光 guāng