扫除天下 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to re-establish order throughout the empire

Character by character

• 扫sǎoto clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to
• 除chúto eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
• 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
• 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next

Idioms sharing a character

• 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
• 颜面扫地 yán miàn sǎo dì
• 加减乘除 jiā jiǎn chéng chú
• 斩草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn
• 为民除害 wèi mín chú hài
• 破除迷信 pò chú mí xìn
• 兴利除弊 xīng lì chú bì
• 药到病除 yào dào bìng chú
• 除恶务尽 chú è wù jìn
• 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng

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