秋风扫落叶 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

秋风扫落叶……

2

如秋风扫落叶一般

3

像秋风扫落叶一般

4

像秋风扫落叶一样

Definition

秋风扫落叶

Literally means:

like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves

Actually means:

Strong autumn wind blows away all the fallen leaves on the ground. It figuratively describes how a mighty force gets rid of all negative things or bad people in a swift and thorough way.

秋天的大风把落叶一扫而光。比喻以强大的力量迅速而彻底地清除一切不好的东西或人物。

Example

Used as object. (作宾语)

1

Wǒmen

我们

yào

要

xiàng

像

qiūfēngsǎoluòyè

秋风扫落叶

yībān

一般

,

qīngchú

清除

suǒyǒu

所有

sèqíng

色情

wǎngzhàn

网站

。

We're going to clean up all sites like the autumn wind sweeps the leaves.

2

Bùduì

部队

yī

一

dào

到

,

biàn

便

yǐ

以

qiūfēngsǎoluòyè

秋风扫落叶

zhī

之

shì

势

,

cuīhuǐ

摧毁

le

了

fěitú

匪徒

de

的

lǎowō

老窝

。

As soon as the troops arrived, they swept the leaves with the autumn wind and destroyed the bandit's old nest.

3

Duìdài

对待

dírén

敌人

jiùyào

就要

xiàng

像

qiūfēngsǎoluòyè

秋风扫落叶

yīyàng

一样

,

háobùliúqíng

毫不留情

。

Treat the enemy like the autumn wind sweeps the leaves, relentless.