斩草除根(zhǎn cǎo chú gēn): to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom)
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zhǎn cǎo chú gēn
- Meaning
- to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 斬草除根
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 斩草除根 — tap one to open its word page.
qí奇huā花yì异cǎo草
HSK 7-9(idiom) rare or exotic flowers and plants
xiān先zhǎn斩hòu后zòu奏
(lit.) execute sb first, then report to the emperor (idiom)
pī披jīng荆zhǎn斩jí棘
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
zhǎn斩duàn断
to cut off
zhǎn斩huò获
to kill or capture (in battle)
zhǎn斩dīng钉jié截tiě铁
(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
zhǎn斩shǒu首
to behead; to decapitate
yāo腰zhǎn斩
to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
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