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肅清

简肃清 · 繁肅清

Mandarin · pinyin sù qīng

to purge

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清: qīng · clear, pure, clean; peaceful
肃: sù · pay respects; reverently

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4–1 · su4 qing1

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suk1 cing1

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verb

to eliminate; to mop up
(politics) to purge

name

(history) Sook Ching (a systematic purge of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore by the Japanese military during the Japanese occupation of Singapore and Malaya from 18 February to 4 March 1942)

adj

(archaic, of a country) at peace and free of corruption
(archaic) sober; calm

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