玉石俱焚
yù​shí​jù​fén

to destroy indiscriminately

  • created sense approved 玉石俱焚 · yù​shí​jù​fén · to destroy indiscriminately — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    玉石俱焚

    yù​shí​jù​fén

    to destroy indiscriminately

    literally meaning to burn both jade and stone; used as an idiom to describe the destruction of both the good and the bad, or the noble and the wicked, in a single catastrophe

    玉石 (literal) → 玉石 · yù​shí · jade and stone 俱 (literal) → 俱 · jù · all 焚 (literal) → 焚 · fén · to burn

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