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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洗* | 洗* | *洗
to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording)
HSK 1
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
to bathe / to take a shower
HSK 2
washing machine; washer / CL: 臺|台
HSK 2
to wash; to rinse; to clean / (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
HSK 6
laundry detergent / washing powder
HSK 6
to rinse; to wash / (photography) to develop (film)
HSK 7-9
baptism (lit. or fig.)
HSK 7-9
cleaning agent / detergent
HSK 7-9
to dry clean / dry cleaning
shampoo powder
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洗* | 洗* | *洗
to wash the face and rinse the mouth
to rinse / to wash / washing
to launder money
to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo
to wash the face
to cleanse / to purge / to wash away
to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
agile / nimble / deft
(dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
dishwasher
to bathe
to wash up; to freshen up
to wash one's hands / to go to the toilet
to scrub clean
to rinse (clothes)
penniless
to clean (with water or alcohol) / to wipe and wash / to swab / to scrub
to make oneself presentable / to freshen up
to loot; to ransack; to pillage
to right a wrong; to redress an injustice
to rub clean (garments) / to scrub
to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears
lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
basin (water container)
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc / (fig.) to reshuffle; to reorganize; to shake up; to restructure
to wash
to wash / to cleanse / to launder
to wash and starch
to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways
to immerse / to rinse
to erase / to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc)
to be baptized
to receive baptism / baptized
lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
facial cleansing
cleansing lotion
lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom) / fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
shampoo (liquid)
to wash the dishes
(medicine) to give or receive gastric lavage; to get one's stomach pumped
liquid hand soap
toilet / washroom / bathroom / lavatory / CL: 間|间
St John the Baptist
dishwashing liquid
bathroom sink / wash basin
shampoo
laundry room
bathing and recreation center
bathroom / restroom / shower room / CL: 間|间
baptize
John the Baptist
washboard / (jocular) flat chest
laundromat / launderette
baptism (Christian ceremony)
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
washbowl / basin for washing hands and face
money laundering
shampoo
"ethnic cleansing" / genocide
washing tank / sink
to modify a text so it can be plagiarized without detection (neologism c. 2014, formed by analogy with 洗錢|洗钱, to launder money)
to greenwash
to rinse the mouth and wash the face
washing appliance
laundry (commercial establishment)
high pressure washer
shampoo, haircut and blow-dry
shampoo
lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble
"Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" (1247) by Song Ci 宋慈, said to be the world's first forensic science text
synthetic detergent
hand sanitizer
shampoo
Jezebel, wife of Ahab and mother of Ahaziah, major character in 1 Kings 16:31, 19:1, 21 and 2 Kings 9, killed by Jehu 耶戶|耶户
John the Baptist
to steal everything
decontamination
to have dialysis treatment
commode / dressing table / sink
liquid laundry detergent
shampoo
to wash clean
dishwashing liquid
detergent
variant of 洗練|洗练
nail polish remover
dishwashing liquid

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