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HSK
toilet / lavatory / washroom
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洗* | 洗* | *洗
to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording)
HSK 1
to wash; to rinse; to clean / (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
HSK 6
to bathe / to take a shower
HSK 2
washing machine; washer / CL: 臺|台
HSK 2
laundry detergent / washing powder
HSK 6
to rinse; to wash / (photography) to develop (film)
HSK 7-9
shampoo
laundry room
to bathe
to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
to change and wash (clothes etc)
to dry clean / dry cleaning
(Tw) disposable chopsticks
baptism (lit. or fig.)
HSK 7-9
to loot; to ransack; to pillage
to wash the dishes
to wash one's hands / to go to the toilet
John the Baptist
dishwasher
money laundering
decontamination
to wash clean
to shuffle cards, dominoes or mahjong tiles etc / (fig.) to reshuffle; to reorganize; to shake up; to restructure
to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
hand sanitizer
to launder money
bathing and recreation center
baptize
laundry
lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom) / fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
to scrub clean
to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc)
cleansing lotion
(idiom) penniless; broke
bathroom sink / wash basin
shampoo (liquid)
shampoo
wash-resistant
cleaning agent / detergent
HSK 7-9
shampoo, haircut and blow-dry
a hand basin
to wash the face
to carry out a bloodbath in (a place) / (fig.) to wreak havoc on
dishwashing liquid
synthetic detergent
to rub clean (garments) / to scrub
commode / dressing table / sink
to wash up; to freshen up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洗* | 洗* | *洗
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
washing tank / sink
detergent
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
liquid laundry detergent
to make oneself presentable / to freshen up
liquid hand soap
to make sth clean and white / (fig.) to whitewash / to launder money
to wash one's hair / to have a shampoo
mesh laundry bag (for keeping garments separate from others in the washing machine)
to erase / to wipe out (a previous humiliation etc)
facial cleansing
"ethnic cleansing" / genocide
lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble
liquid hand soap
shampoo
(medicine) to give or receive gastric lavage; to get one's stomach pumped
to wash (clothes)
penniless
"Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" (1247) by Song Ci 宋慈, said to be the world's first forensic science text
to steal everything
to wash the face and rinse the mouth
extreme poverty (idiom); destitute / penniless / poor as church mice
to clean (with water or alcohol) / to wipe and wash / to swab / to scrub
to have a shower and go to bed / (fig.) (slang) (neologism) (often sarcastic) to give up on sth unrealistic; to stop kidding oneself; (used dismissively, typically as 洗洗睡吧) keep dreaming
(dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
laundry (commercial establishment)
shampoo
shampoo
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
dishwashing liquid
(Tw) pebble-wash finish; exposed aggregate surface (construction technique using cement mixed with small stones, then washed to expose the pebbles)
kitchen sink
to brainwash
baptism (Christian ceremony)
washing appliance
washer / washing machine / rinsing machine
bathroom / restroom / shower room / CL: 間|间
washboard / (jocular) flat chest
John the Baptist
bathroom sink / wash basin
washtub
shampoo powder
to cleanse / to purge / to wash away
(official title) herald to the crown prince (in imperial China)
alcohol-based hand sanitizer
to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears
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
agile / nimble / deft

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