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a hoe / to hoe or dig / to weed / to get rid of

to help / to assist

Character component without intrinsic meaning

hoe / CL:把[ba3]

to hoe / to weed

to weed out the traitors

to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor

plow

pickax

to uproot / to eradicate (traitors)

to wipe out dissenters / to exterminate those who disagree

to hoe / to weed the soil