扫黑 in English sao3 hei1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to crack down on illegal activities
  • to fight organized crime

Simplified Characters

扫 黑

Traditional Characters

掃 黑

Pinyin

sao3 hei1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

扫sao3to sweep 黑hei1abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]