A blast of cold air swept through the house.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
席卷
to engulf
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to engulf
02
to sweep
03
to carry away everything
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 席卷 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 席卷 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.
The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 席卷.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 席卷.
Directly before
- 海啸席卷1
- 疾风席卷1
- 是席卷1
Directly after
- 席卷稻田1
- 席卷整栋1
- 席卷美国1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 席卷
What does 席卷 mean in Chinese?
席卷 (xíjuǎn) means to engulf.
How do you pronounce 席卷?
席卷 is pronounced xíjuǎn.
Is 席卷 an HSK word?
席卷 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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