Root cutting

Root cutting

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Ji ǎ NC ǎ och ú g ē n, which means to remove the root of the disaster and leave no future trouble. It's from "betraying Liang Chaowen for Hou Jing".

Idiom explanation

Jian: the variant character of "Jian" is cut. Mow the grass to get rid of the roots. It is a metaphor to remove the root of disaster and leave no future trouble.

The origin of Idioms

Wei Shou of the Northern Qi Dynasty wrote "for Hou Jing to betray Liang Chaowen": "draw the salary to stop the boiling, cut the grass and root."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: cutting grass roots and killing everything

Idiom usage

To get rid of the root cause and leave no future trouble