一扫而空 (yī sǎo ér kōng) | Meaning: (idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom) · fig. to scoop up the whole lot · to capture them all in one go一网打尽yī wǎng dǎ jìn

make a clean sweep · with all swept into the dustpan扫地以尽sǎo dì yǐ jìn

to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch · to eliminate completely斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēn

to become extinct; to die out · to lose (sth abstract) completely · to exterminate灭绝miè jué

(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out