# 斩草除根 (zhǎncǎochúgēn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 斩草除根 (zhǎncǎochúgēn) means “to eradicate completely; to destroy root and branch”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to eradicate completely; to destroy root and branch
- Pinyin: zhǎncǎochúgēn (zhan3 cao3 chu2 gen1)
- Traditional: 斬草除根
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 打击犯罪必须斩草除根。
  Dǎjī fànzuì bìxū zhǎncǎochúgēn.
  To fight crime, we must eradicate it completely.

## Characters

- [斩](https://hanziro.com/word/zhan-chop/) (zhǎn): to chop; to cut
- [草](https://hanziro.com/word/cao-grass/) (cǎo): grass
- [除](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-remove/) (chú): to remove; except for
- [根](https://hanziro.com/word/gen-root/) (gēn): root; basis

https://hanziro.com/word/zhan-cao-chu-gen-eradicate-completely/

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