Pull away the rotten and destroy the withered

Pull away the rotten and destroy the withered

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ā Xi ǔ Cu ī K ū, which means easy to describe. It also refers to the powerful momentum of destroying decadent forces. It comes from "the history of the Old Five Dynasties · Tang Shu · Zhuangzong Ji I".

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym: destroy the withered and decadent

The origin of Idioms

According to the book of the Tang Dynasty, Zhuangzong Ji I, the history of the Old Five Dynasties, it is said that "if you are concise in your armour, take advantage of both ways and take the unexpected, attack your arrogant and indolent teacher with our indignant people, pull out the rotten and withered army, and break away from the encirclement and tyranny, you will have to fight in this battle."

Idiom usage

It means to destroy without effort.

Examples

Feng Guifen of Qing Dynasty wrote in the epitaph of the tomb of the imperial envoy Jin: "e'e is in Zhengyang, and it is the only way to be on the right path. With a leap, it will wither away."