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一扫而空

一掃而空
yīsǎo'érkōng
idiom #36,065

Meanings

  1. 1 to sweep clean in one stroke
  2. 2 to be completely wiped out; cleaned out all at once

Examples

听到好消息，他的烦恼一扫而空。
Tīngdào hǎo xiāoxi, tā de fánnǎo yīsǎo'érkōng.
On hearing the good news, his worries were swept away in an instant.
超市打折，货架上的商品一扫而空。
Chāoshì dǎzhé, huòjià shàng de shāngpǐn yīsǎo'érkōng.
With the supermarket sale, the shelves were cleaned out completely.

Tips

usage
Two main uses: emotional (worries, gloom swept away) and physical (goods, food, stock cleared out). Same phrase, context tells you which.
grammar
Apostrophe in pinyin: yīsǎo'érkōng — needed before the vowel-initial syllable 而 (ér) so it doesn't run into the previous syllable.

Stroke Order

一 yī
扫 sǎo
而 ér
空 kōng