扫黄 (sǎo huáng) — (verb) to crack down on pornography / obscenity; (noun) anti-pornography campaign / operation
Definition
A fixed compound meaning an anti-pornography crackdown — both the action ('crack down on porn') and the campaign itself. Literally 'sweep + pornography', a journalism/policy term, not a word learners assemble themselves.
verb
to crack down on pornography / obscenity
noun
anti-pornography campaign / operation
Examples
- 扫黄。Jǐng fāng zuì jìn jiā dà le duì sǎo huáng de lì dù.The police have recently stepped up efforts to crack down on pornography.
- ，。Qù nián tā men sǎo le sān cì huáng, zhuā le hěn duō rén.Last year they conducted three anti-porn operations and arrested many people.
- 扫黄。Zhè cì sǎo huáng dé dào le shì mín de zhī chí.This anti-porn campaign received support from the citizens.
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