The servant had a lazy habit of sweeping the dust under the edge of the mat.

仆人有个偷懒的习惯，只扫蹭鞋垫边缘底下的尘土。

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In this way, "sweeping the dust" before the Spring Festival means a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck in the past year.

这样，“在春节前扫尘”是指彻底清洁房屋扫除过去一年的厄运。

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The dust is traditionally associated with "old" so cleaning their houses and sweeping the dust mean to bid farewell to the "old" and usher in the "new".

灰尘在传统上与“旧”联系在一起，所以打扫房屋和扫除灰尘意味着辞“旧”迎“新”。

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In 1994, as the Mandela government came to power, Motsepe left the law firm and struck out on his own, hoping to build a business contracting low-level labor like sweeping, where workers use brooms to glean gold dust from the rock surface after industrial mining crews have done their work.

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