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掃街
简 扫街 · 繁 掃街Mandarin · pinyin sǎo jiē
Meanings
- to sweep the streets
- to canvas (for votes, sales etc)
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3–1 · sao3 jie1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sou3 gaai1
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verb
- to sweep the streets
- (photography) to make a clean sweep (of an area with one's camera)
- (colloquial) to make a clean sweep (of the shops)
- (Cantonese) to try out every roadside food stall; to make a complete scrutiny of all the street food stalls
- (chiefly Cantonese) to canvass for votes
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