wipe the slate clean(yī bǐ gōu xiāo)

wipe the slate clean

In Chinese, Pinyin is y ī B ǐ g ō uxi ā o, which means to cancel all. It comes from volume 10 of Ling Mengchu's the surprise of the first carving.

The origin of Idioms

Ling Mengchu of Ming Dynasty volume 10: we have a lot of silver. Kuang de will buy it in the future. Then a village official of the central government said the favor to the prefect, and the engagement only needed to be cancelled.

Idiom usage

It refers to accounting, etc. The 29th chapter of "traces of the moon and flowers" says: "it can be seen that your man's heart is ruthless. Once you turn your face, you will cancel the previous love." Chapter 48 of Li Baojia's Officialdom: Unfortunately, when Diao maipeng heard that Futai meant to blame the three of them. In the future, the three of them would be more guilty of beheading than exporting. There was no reason to forgive them. Therefore, he canceled the previous friendship. When he met Futai, he never mentioned a word, so that Futai would not be suspicious. This is the secret of his ability.

Analysis of Idioms

Close synonym: write off

Chinese PinYin : yī bǐ gōu xiāo