How would one say "clean" as in "Clean a city" For example, in english we would say. "Once a month everyone in Rwanda leaves their house to clean the city"
Could I say "打扫城市“ ”把城市弄干净”？ Or is there a better way of doing this?
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Do you mean clean the city as in rid it of corruption?– Tommie C.Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 10:54
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You could use 清洁城市 or 清潔城市. 打扫 also means clean but it is usually used when cleaning (actually sweeping) happens in a smaller area (i.e. cleaning your place / your room etc)
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1Speaking of size, I would also not use the object marker 把 in conjunction with 城市 or anything that is considerably larger than what a hand can grasp. I would use constructs such as 让 or 将 instead.– user4452Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 21:47
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1@Stephen Since 打扫 is the action of sweeping, you can apply it - i.e. you will sweep the road but usually you don't sweep an airplane.– AlexCommented Jul 29, 2014 at 13:37
I think your best bet is: 清洁 it's usually used as an adjective like:
clean; sanitary
她的房间整齐清洁。
²Tā de fángjiān zhěngqí qīngjié.
Her room is tidy and clean. -ABC
But! It's also used frequently as a verb!
In china at the moment a lot of cities even have 清洁城市活动 or 清洁城市日.
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Could I say that the individuals than go 清洁？ As in “所有的卢旺达人回去清洁”– StephenCommented Jul 27, 2014 at 1:14
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