청소하다

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to clean

🧹 淸掃 = clear (淸) + sweep (掃), plus 하다 to do: do a clear-sweep

청소 is the Sino-Korean noun 淸掃, cleaning: 청 (淸) means clear or pure, 소 (掃) means sweep. Adding 하다 (to do) turns the noun into a verb, a very common Korean pattern. Chinese 清扫 and Japanese 清掃 (seisō) are the same word.

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