扫地者

掃地者

sǎodìzhě

noun

Meanings

1 sweeper
2 one who sweeps the floor
3 (figurative) a humble figure who turns out to be a hidden master

Characters

-er (one who...)

Examples

清晨的扫地者已经清理完了整条街。

Qīngchén de sǎodìzhě yǐjīng qīnglǐ wán le zhěng tiáo jiē.

The early-morning sweepers have already cleaned the entire street.

金庸小说里有一位扫地者其实是绝世高手。

Jīn Yōng xiǎoshuō lǐ yǒu yí wèi sǎodìzhě qíshí shì juéshì gāoshǒu.

In Jin Yong's novels there is a sweeper who is actually an unrivaled master.

Tips

culture

Thanks to Jin Yong's 天龙八部 (The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, 1963), 扫地僧 sǎodìsēng — the sweeper-monk at Shaolin who reveals himself as the strongest fighter — turned 扫地者 into a meme for an unassuming person hiding immense skill.

Stroke Order

扫 sǎo

地 dì

者 zhě