cut the weeds and dig up the roots(zhǎn cǎo chú gēn)

cut the weeds and dig up the roots

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ǎ NC ǎ och ú g ē n, which means that when weeding, the roots should be removed, so that the grass can no longer grow. It is a metaphor to get rid of the root of the trouble so as to avoid future trouble. From Zuo Zhuan, the sixth year of Yin Gong.

Citation explanation

When weeding, the roots should be removed so that the grass can no longer grow. It is a metaphor to get rid of the root of the trouble so as to avoid future trouble. According to Zuo Zhuan, the sixth year of Yin Gong: "for a country, if you see evil as a farmer's task, go to grass and admire it. If you don't use it to cultivate, you will believe it." Wei Shou of the Northern Qi Dynasty wrote "for Hou Jing to betray Liang Chaowen": "if you take the salary to stop the boiling, cut the grass and root." Chapter 25 of the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: This is to cut down the grass and root, and sprout again; if not, sprout again in spring. In the second chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yide angrily whipped the governor and he Guojiu tried to kill the officials: if we don't cut down the roots, we will die. Chapter 5 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty! Feng Menglong, Ming Dynasty (Volume 37): if the grass is cut and the roots are removed, the sprouts will not sprout; if the grass is cut and the roots are not removed, the sprouts will sprout again in spring. Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty "xingshihengyan. Vol.2 2. Zhang Shuer's skillful escape from Yang Sheng": these books are not difficult to read. We must finish the service of the followers before entering the inner room. This is called cutting the grass and removing the roots, and there will be no sequelae. Chapter 5 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "cut the grass and leave the roots, and let it happen again in spring." The first chapter of Shi Yukun's "three heroes and five righteousness" in Qing Dynasty: the palace is on fire all around. Qin Feng saw that it was Guo Huai's plan. On the one hand, she wanted to cut down the grass roots, and on the other hand, she wanted to take revenge.

The origin of Idioms

Zuo Zhuan, six years of seclusion: "for the country, see evil as a farmer's task, go to grass Yan, Yimin worship it, the root, not to be able to colonize, then the good believe it." Wei Shou of the Northern Qi Dynasty wrote "for Hou Jing to betray Liang Chaowen": "if you take the salary to stop the boiling, cut the grass and root."

Idiom usage

If the grass is cut, it will sprout again in spring. Feng Menglong's warning to the world in Ming Dynasty (Volume 37)

Chinese PinYin : zhǎn cǎo chú gēn