除根

to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all

to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including

root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry)

to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely

lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate