席卷

席捲
xíjuǎn
verb #12,903

Meanings

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

Examples

Táifēng xíjuǎn le zhěnggè yánhǎi dìqū.
The typhoon swept across the entire coastal region.
Zhè gǔ cháoliú zhèngzài xíjuǎn quánqiú.
This trend is sweeping across the globe.

Tips

memory
(mat/) + (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

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