Broom (broom)
◎ Broom sào zhǒu
[broom] Sweeping the ground with the tools, mostly made of bamboo sticks. Also called "broomstick"
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Sweeping broom (broom)
(1). A tool for removing dust, garbage, etc. in tongyong pinyin. Mingyong Pinyin - Liu Huo Zhuan: "Huo opened a small store at the back of the mansion, and made Wang's family sell sifang soap pods to humiliate him." Sui Shu - Wuxing Zhi Shang (隋书-五行志上):"Gold is made into brooms and jade is made into handles, sweeping the halls of the palace and welcoming the western family." Twenty Years of Witnessing the Strange Present, 16th episode: "I looked up and saw a broken broom hanging under his eaves." Zhao Shuli "Sanliwan - Strange Notes": "What work has she done for the family ...... has not moved a broom in the yard!"
(2). An alias of the chenopodiaceae plant Dichenophora. Ming Li Shizhen, "Compendium of Materia Medica - Grass V - Ground Botanicals": "Ground sunflower, ground wheat, drop broom, sole broom, king's broom, king's broom, broom ...... stems can be brooms, so there are brooms, brooms all names."
Related Words:
Sweeping dust, sweeping hitch, sweeping earth, sweeping rails, sweeping wood, sweeping school, sweeping court, sweeping eyebrow, sweeping grave, sweeping hole, sweeping shot, sweeping pine, sweeping