挥洒

揮灑

huīsǎ

verb #27,967

Meanings

1 to sprinkle
2 to splash
3 to write or paint with free, bold strokes
4 to give free expression (to talent)

Characters

to wave; to wield; to brandish

to sprinkle; to splash; to scatter

Examples

HSK 5

运动员在赛场上挥洒汗水，赢得了冠军。

Yùndòngyuán zài sàichǎng shàng huīsǎ hànshuǐ, yíngdé le guànjūn.

The athlete shed sweat on the field and won the championship.

HSK 6

他在画布上挥洒着自己的才华。

Tā zài huàbù shàng huīsǎ zhe zìjǐ de cáihuá.

He freely expressed his talent on the canvas.

Tips

usage

挥洒 can be literal (sprinkling or splashing liquid) but is most often figurative - 挥洒才华 (to give free rein to one's talent) or 挥洒汗水 (to shed sweat, implying hard effort). The related idiom 挥洒自如 means 'to do something with great ease and aplomb'.

Stroke Order

挥 huī

洒 sǎ