洗劫一空 (xǐ) — to be completely looted, robbed of everything
Definition
An emphatic chengyu meaning to loot something so completely that nothing is left. Pairs with the 把 construction to show what was stripped clean (e.g. 把村子洗劫一空).
idiom
to be completely lootedrobbed of everything
Examples
- 洗劫一空。Qiáng dào bǎ zhěng gè cūn zi xǐ le.The bandits looted the entire village clean.
- 洗劫一空。Xiǎo tōu bǎ jiā lǐ zhí qián de dōng xī xǐ.The thief stole all the valuables from the house.
- 洗劫一空，。Zhè jiā shāng diàn bèi gù kè xǐ, huò jià quán kōng le.This store was cleared out by customers; all the shelves are empty.
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