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Home / Idiom / 剪草除根

lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch · to eradicate

剪草除根
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
j+iǎn·3rd tonec+ǎo·3rd tonech+ú·2nd toneg+ēn·1st tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch · to eliminate completely斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēnto become extinct; to die out · to lose (sth abstract) completely · to exterminate灭绝miè jué
Antonyms
let the tiger back to the mountain · release a tiger that might return to the hills · lay by trouble for the future · cause calamity for the future放虎归山fàng hǔ guī shān
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