Definition
施洗 means 'to baptize' (verb-object). As a separable verb (离合词), you can insert a measure word, time, or other element between 施 and 洗, e.g., 施过洗 ('have been baptized') or 施一次洗 ('perform a baptism once'). It is almost exclusively used in Christian contexts.
v.o.
to baptize
Examples
- 施洗。Mùshī zài jiàotáng lǐ wèi xìntú shī xǐ.The pastor baptized believers in the church.
- 。Wǒ shàng gè yuè yǐjīng shī guò yí cì xǐ le.I was already baptized once last month.
- 施洗。Tā èrshí suì shí jiēshòu le shī xǐ.He received baptism at the age of twenty.
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