| 剪草除根 |
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn |
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate |
| 剪 |
Jiǎn |
surname Jian |
| 剪 |
jiǎn |
(bound form) scissors or similar tool / to cut as with scissors / (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate / to edit (video, audio etc) |
| 草 |
cǎo |
variant of 草 |
| 草 |
cǎo |
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
| 草 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |
| 除 |
chú |
to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including |
| 除根 |
chú gēn |
to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all |
| 根 |
gēn |
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:条 / radical (chemistry) |