Seeking roots and pulling up trees

Seeking roots and pulling up trees

Searching for roots and uprooting trees, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ú ng ē Nb á sh ù, which means cutting grass and roots. It is a metaphor to get rid of the root of the trouble so as to avoid future trouble. From the orphan of Zhao.

The origin of Idioms

Ji Junxiang's the orphan of the Zhao family in Yuan Dynasty (the fourth part): "I hate tu'an and jia'napu. I'm looking for roots and uprooting trees. I've sent my family to ruin."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.