body scrub; rub down
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to scrub the body; to rub the body clean (usually done by another person at a bathhouse)
Commonly refers to the service provided at public bathhouses in northern China, where an attendant uses a towel or scrubbing cloth to remove dead skin.
Wǒ我
qù去
zǎo澡
táng堂
cuō搓
zǎo澡
le了
。
I went to the bathhouse to get a scrub.
Tā他
qǐng请
rén人
gěi给
tā他
cuō搓
zǎo澡
。
He hired someone to scrub him down.
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Běi北
fāng方
rén人
xǐ喜
huan欢
zài在
zǎo澡
táng堂
lǐ里
cuō搓
zǎo澡
。
Northerners like to get scrubbed at bathhouses.
Cuō搓
zǎo澡
néng能
qù去
diào掉
shēn身
shang上
de的
ní泥
gòu垢
。
Getting a scrub can remove the dirt from your body.