completely sweep
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ǎ OD ì J ù J ì n, which means completely clean, no retention. It comes from the biography of Wei Bao Tian Dan and others in the book of Han Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
There is nothing left to be desired
The origin of Idioms
"Wei Bao Tian Dan et al. Biography of Han Dynasty" is used in derogatory sense. Qin destroyed the six states, and the ancient martyrs were wiped out. " In the preface to the biography of the scholars in the book of Jin, it is said that "the only way to get rid of them is to catch them in the bosom, to get rid of them in disorder, to get rid of them in clothes, rites and music."
Idiom usage
It means to destroy completely. Example: in the book of Sui, Chapter II of Gaozu, it is said that "it is the right time for sages to wipe out all the ground and make rites and music."
completely sweep
house of courtesans with wining and dining - qín lóu chǔ guǎn
congratulate each other and dust off their old official 's hats - tán guān xiāng qìng
feel as if a knife were piercing one 's heart - xīn rú dāo gē