xí juǎn

Traditional: 席捲

席卷 (xí juǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to engulf; to sweep; to carry away everything”.

Meanings

  1. 1to engulf
  2. 2to sweep
  3. 3to carry away everything

Characters in 席卷

席xí · woven mat卷juǎn · to roll up

Related words

卷to roll up卷scroll卷to roll up出席to attend主席chairperson首席chief (representative, correspondent etc)卷入to be drawn into席woven mat席woven mat (variant of 席[xi2])席surname Xi龙卷风tornado缺席to be absent

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