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扫毒

掃毒
sǎodú
verb #32,496

Meanings

  1. 1 to crack down on the drug trade; to conduct anti-narcotics operations
  2. 2 (computing) to scan for / clean out viruses

Examples

警方在边境地区开展大规模扫毒行动。
Jǐngfāng zài biānjìng dìqū kāizhǎn dà guīmó sǎodú xíngdòng.
The police are running large-scale anti-drug operations in the border region.
我先扫毒一下电脑再继续工作。
Wǒ xiān sǎodú yīxià diànnǎo zài jìxù gōngzuò.
Let me run a virus scan on the computer before going on with work.

Tips

culture
《扫毒》 (Hong Kong, 2013, dir. Benny Chan) is a major Cantonese action film starring 刘青云 (Sean Lau), 张家辉 (Nick Cheung) and 古天乐 (Louis Koo) about three cops fighting a 'Golden Triangle' drug lord — making 扫毒 instantly recognizable as a film title. A 2019 sequel 《扫毒2：天地对决》 followed.
usage
Verb-object: 扫 ('sweep / scan') + 毒 ('poison / drugs / virus'). Same productive 扫 + noun pattern: 扫黄 (crack down on pornography), 扫黑 (crack down on organized crime), 扫雷 (clear mines). The IT 'virus scan' sense is also extremely common, especially in older Windows-era vocabulary like 扫毒软件 (antivirus software).

Stroke Order

扫 sǎo
毒 dú