created sense approved 寸草不留 · cùncǎobùliú · to leave not even a blade of grass — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
寸草不留
cùncǎobùliú
to leave not even a blade of grass
literally meaning not even a single blade of grass remains, describing a scene of total devastation or destruction such as from a natural disaster or war
寸草 (literal) → 寸草 · cùncǎo · blade of grass 不留 (literal) → 不留 · bùliú · to not leave behind
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created sense approved 寸草不留 · cùncǎobùliú · to exterminate completely — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
寸草不留
cùncǎobùliú
to exterminate completely
to kill or wipe out everyone in a place, leaving no survivors; to massacre to the last person
寸草 (literal) → 寸草 · cùncǎo · blade of grass 不留 (literal) → 不留 · bùliú · to not leave behind
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition