清理
qīnglǐ
to clear up, to sort out
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 请把桌上的杂物清理一下。Please clear up the clutter on the desk.
- 工人清理了路面的积雪。Workers cleared the snow off the road.
Collocations
清理垃圾清理现场清理杂物彻底清理
Mnemonic
清 qīng "clear, clean" + 理 lǐ "to put in order": to clean and put in order, i.e. to clear up, to clean out. Korean renders it as "to tidy, clear out". Clearing away clutter, rubbish or snow to tidy up (清理垃圾 to clear rubbish, 清理现场 to clean up a site). It shares 清 with 净化 (to purify), but 清理 is closer to the physical act of clearing and tidying. 理 means "to put in order" (整理 to tidy, 管理 to manage).
Related
整理清除收拾清扫
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