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HSK
clean / neat
HSK 1
to clean / to sweep
HSK 4
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  *净* | 净* | *净
clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role
HSK 6
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  *清* | 清* | *清
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)
HSK 6
clean / to clean
HSK 6
to wash; to rinse; to clean / (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
HSK 6
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  *淘* | 淘* | *淘
to wash / to clean out / to cleanse / to eliminate / to dredge
HSK 7-9
to govern with integrity / clean and honest government
HSK 7-9
pure / clean and honest / to purify
HSK 7-9
clean / to cleanse
HSK 7-9
fresh and clean
HSK 7-9
thoroughly (idiom) / completely / one and all / very clean
HSK 7-9
to clean; to clean up / to eliminate; to wipe out
HSK 7-9
cleaning agent / detergent
HSK 7-9
hotel staff work unit tasked with keeping the public areas of a hotel clean
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  *蠲* | 蠲* | *蠲
to deduct / to show / bright and clean / glow-worm / galleyworm / millipede
clean water / purified water
Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure
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  *肃* | 肃* | *肃
respectful / solemn / to eliminate / to clean up
to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc)
to wipe clean
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  *洁* | 洁* | *洁
clean
household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries (abbr. for 日用化學製品|日用化学制品) / (linguistics) to rhotacize / rhotic
clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels
cleaning rag / also pr. [mo3 bu4]
pure / clean / unmixed
clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean
to clean (with water or alcohol) / to wipe and wash / to swab / to scrub
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  *琅* | 琅* | *琅
jade-like stone / clean and white / tinkling of pendants
to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP)
(idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorruptible
shining clean / bright (moonlight)
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  *瀞* | 瀞* | *瀞
(archaic) clean
to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend / to elect; to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
to decontaminate; to clean
to scrub clean
(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
bright and clean
dry and clean / clear and fresh
(idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with
strict / serious / solemn / dignified / to tidy up / to clean up / to purge / to adjust
to suppress (insurgents) / clean-up operation
lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices
bright and clean / luminous
lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean
to rub clean (garments) / to scrub
to confess / to admit / to come clean / calmly
lit. to put everything out including the tray / to reveal everything / to make a clean breast of it all
to clean up
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  *絜* | 絜* | *絜
clean
to dry clean / dry cleaning
perfectly clean / blameless / unimpeachable (idiom)
very short of (food, clean water etc) / extreme shortage / deficit
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  *澼* | 澼* | *澼
bleach / to clean
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless / irreproachable / incorruptible
to wipe off; to wipe clean
squeaky clean / neat and tidy / efficient
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  *湅* | 湅* | *湅
to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
clean and jerk (weightlifting technique)
lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)
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  *扢* | 扢* | *扢
clean / to rub
to cleanse oneself / to sanctify oneself / self-cleaning (spark plug, oven etc)
to see the error of one's ways / to make a clean break with one's past
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  *PA* | PA* | *PA
public area attendant (tasked with cleaning the public areas of a hotel) / marketing assistant / sales assistant
always clean / orderly; methodical
to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out
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  *刲* | 刲* | *刲
cut open and clean
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (idiom) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
(literary) to clean up
detergent / cleaning solution
to cleanse / to clean / to purify
upright and honest / incorruptible / squeaky clean
(neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop")
clean, unadulterated food product / organic food
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean / what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
clean / spotless
as fresh and clean as nature (idiom)
noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied
to shave the whole head clean / crushing defeat
to clean the floor / (Internet slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor / (fig.) to cover up evidence of sb's wrongdoing / to defend (a wrongdoer) / (coll.) to carpet-bomb
to make a clean copy
lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble
to wipe one’s ass / (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian inventor and engineer / Tesla, an American electric vehicle and clean energy company
to clean oneself
lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom) / fig. one who is too severe has no friends
to rinse / to wash / to clean / to purge / to comb out
undefiled (girl) / virgin / (of computer system) clean / uncorrupted
to wash clean
to make sth clean and white / (fig.) to whitewash / to launder money
clean and spotless
lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy / scorched earth policy
to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / (fig.) to come clean; to make a clean breast of things


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