斩草除根
Traditional form:
斬草除根
Pinyin (reading):
zhǎncǎochúgēn
Definitions:
- to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
- to eliminate completely
Characters:
- 斩 - to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
- 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
- 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
- 根 - root, basis, foundation
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