扫除 (sǎo chú): 청소하다.

Before Spring Festival, my mom asked me to thoroughly clean my room, even wiping the dust under the bed and behind the cabinets.

Every day after school, the students on duty have to clean up the paper scraps in the classroom and arrange the desks and chairs neatly.

Grandpa says that a thorough cleaning doesn't just sweep away the trash on the floor; it can also sweep away the worries in your heart.

The community organized volunteers to clean up the fallen leaves and plastic bottles in the park so that residents could have a clean place to walk.

Before moving into the new home, we first hired a cleaning company to thoroughly remove the grease in the kitchen and the stains in the bathroom.