剪草除根 Save Sign in to save words jiǎncǎochúgēn ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄍㄣ lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom) fig. to destroy root and branch to eradicate Character by character 剪(jiǎn)surname Jian 草(cǎo)grass 除(chú)get rid of 根(gēn)root A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0