one must be thorough in exterminating an evil

one must be thorough in exterminating an evil

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ú è w ù B ě n, which means that the root of evil forces must be eliminated. It's from Shu Tai Shi Xia.

The origin of Idioms

"Shu · Tai Shi Xia": "cultivate virtue, eliminate evil and work for the root." Cai Shenji said: "to eliminate evil is essential." As an example, Zhou Liu, the nest of thieves, is the place where the group of murderers gather. In order to get rid of evil, we must pull out its source.

Analysis of Idioms

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Idiom usage

The original meaning of the words in the biography of Liu Rengui in the old book of the Tang Dynasty is that bad people and bad things must be eliminated completely.