洗地

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: soi2 di7
POJ: sói-tī
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

verb: to clean the floor, to mop the floor
洗地

Wiktionary lists distinct literal (mop the floor), figurative-slang (whitewash wrongdoing), and military (carpet-bomb) senses under the same reading; the literal cleaning sense was chosen as the core Teochew meaning.

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