Definition & Meaning

eliminate illiteracy; wipe out/eradicate illiteracy

Word usage

sǎo máng

扫 盲

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v.eliminate illiteracy; wipe out/eradicate illiteracy
- wǒ men yào sǎo máng shí zì
  我们要扫盲识字。
  We should wipe out illiteracy by learning to read.
- zhè ge cūn zi sǎo máng le
  这个村子扫盲了。
  Illiteracy has been wiped out in this village.
- sǎo máng yùn dòng zhǎn kāi le
  扫盲运动展开了。
  The campaign to wipe out illiteracy launched out.
- sǎo máng bān
  扫盲班
  literacy class
- zhōng guó sǎo máng yùn dòng shǐ yú shàng shì jì liù shí nián dài
  中国扫盲运动始于上世纪六十年代。
  The literacy campaign started from the 60s of the last century in China.
- nǚ ren men jī jí cān jiā sǎo máng bān
  女人们积极参加扫盲班。
  The women participated enthusiastically in literacy classes.

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"扫" and "盲" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 中国扫过盲。
  China used to eliminate illiteracy.

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