mow the grass and pull out the roots(jiǎn cǎo chú gēn)

mow the grass and pull out the roots

Cutting grass and weeding roots is a Chinese idiom,

Pinyin is Ji ǎ NC ǎ och ú g ē n,

Interpretation: metaphor to remove the root of the disaster, so as to avoid future trouble.

idiom

mow the grass and pull out the roots

Pinyin

jiǎncǎochúgēn

Citation explanation

When weeding, the roots should be removed to prevent the grass from growing. It is a metaphor to get rid of the root of the trouble so as to avoid future trouble. In Zuo Zhuan, the sixth year of Yin Gong, it is said that "those who are in charge of the country, seeing evil, are just like those who go to grass as a farmer's duty. They should be respected by the people of other countries. They have their own roots. They should not be able to colonize." Wei Shou's "for Hou Jing to betray Liang Chaowen" in the Northern Qi Dynasty: "draw off the salary to stop the boiling, cut off the grass and root." Chapter 18 of Wu Chengen's journey to the West in Ming Dynasty: you take lingai to the front house, slowly talk about the wealth, and let Laosun wait for him here. If he doesn't come, don't blame him. If he comes, he will cut off the grass with you. Chapter 19 of journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: just to cut the grass and root, don't teach me to be a bad scholar. Liang Bin's "red flag spectrum" 49: in order to cut down the grass roots, the authorities ordered the dissolution of the school and sent out all the students and staff.

Discrimination of words

[pinyin code]: jccg [synonym]: kill all, cut grass root [antonym]: let the tiger go back to the mountain

usage

It is a metaphor to get rid of the root cause and leave no future trouble

Chinese PinYin : jiǎn cǎo chú gēn