cùn​cǎo​bù​liú

to leave not even a blade of grass

  • created sense approved 寸草不留 · cùn​cǎo​bù​liú · to leave not even a blade of grass — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    cùn​cǎo​bù​liú

    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 · cùn​cǎo · blade of grass 不留 (literal) → 不留 · bù​liú · to not leave behind

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  • created sense approved 寸草不留 · cùn​cǎo​bù​liú · to exterminate completely — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    cùn​cǎo​bù​liú

    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 · cùn​cǎo · blade of grass 不留 (literal) → 不留 · bù​liú · to not leave behind

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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