cancel; wipe out
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to cancel; to wipe out; to write off
formalOften used for debts, records, past events, or obligations. Implies a decisive, often final action, sometimes done with a stroke of a pen. Common in written and formal contexts.
Jiù旧
zhàng账
yī一
bǐ笔
gōu勾
xiāo销
。
The old debt is written off completely.
Guò过
qù去
de的
bù不
yú愉
kuài快
jiù就
ràng让
tā它
yī一
bǐ笔
gōu勾
xiāo销
ba吧
。
Let's just wipe the slate clean of past unpleasantries.
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Fǎ法
yuàn院
pàn判
jué决
zhè这
bǐ笔
zhài债
wù务
kě可
yǐ以
gōu勾
xiāo销
。
The court ruled that this debt could be written off.
Tā他
qǐ企
tú图
cóng从
lì历
shǐ史
shàng上
gōu勾
xiāo销
zhè这
yī一
duàn段
。
He tried to erase this period from history.