拉朽摧枯 lāxiǔcuīkū to sweep away all obstacles Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 拉 lā to break (literary) to break or snap; to destroy, as in the idiom 摧枯拉朽 cuīkūlāxiǔ朽 xiǔ adjectiveverb rotten rotten; decayed; spoiled; decomposed摧 cuī verb to destroy (bound form) to destroy; to devastate; to cause to collapse枯 kū adjective withered (of plants) withered; dried up and lifeless