斩
草
除
根

斩草除根 (zhǎn cǎo chú gēn) – to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom)

zhǎn cǎo chú gēn

to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 斬草除根0 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
  2. 2to eliminate completely

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斩草除根

Simplified

斬草除根

Traditional

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Related words

草

cǎo

variant of 草

除

chú

to get rid of

根

gēn

root

斩

zhǎn

to behead (as form of capital punishment)

除了

chú le

besides

根据

gēn jù

according to

除非

chú fēi

only if (..., or otherwise, ...)

除夕

chú xī

lunar New Year's Eve

根本

gēn běn

fundamental

删除

shān chú

to delete

草地

cǎo dì

lawn

草原

cǎo yuán

grassland

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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