席卷

席捲

xíjuǎn

verb #12,903

Meanings

1 to engulf; to sweep across; to carry away everything

Characters

to roll up; to sweep

Examples

台风席卷了整个沿海地区。

Táifēng xíjuǎn le zhěnggè yánhǎi dìqū.

The typhoon swept across the entire coastal region.

这股潮流正在席卷全球。

Zhè gǔ cháoliú zhèngzài xíjuǎn quánqiú.

This trend is sweeping across the globe.

Tips

memory

席 (mat/席子) + 卷 (to roll up) — imagine rolling up a mat and taking everything on it. Originally described an army sweeping through and taking everything like rolling up a straw mat.

Stroke Order

席 xí

卷 juǎn