剪草除根

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

surname Jian

scissors / shears / clippers / CL:把[ba3] / to cut with scissors / to trim / to wipe out or exterminate

variant of 草[cao3]

grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

variant of 肏[cao4]

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

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

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