此等祸根 若不连根拔起
“Such a source of disaster must be eradicated completely.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
非但不感念天恩 反暗中图谋 行此悖逆之举
“He failed to appreciate your grace, even plotted secretly and committed such a rebellious act.”
此等祸根 若不 连根拔起
“Such a source of disaster must be eradicated completely.”
只怕社稷危矣
“Lest it'll endanger the nation.”
“We must exterminate them completely now, or they will destroy us later.”
A deeply rooted Chinese political philosophy holding that leaving any remnant of a treacherous faction alive will inevitably invite future vengeance and state collapse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
such; this kind of
A literary demonstrative pronoun used in formal or classical speech.
the root of trouble; cause of disaster
Used to denote a person or issue that breeds ongoing peril or disaster.
to uproot completely; to eradicate root and branch
A common four-character idiom metaphorically used for the total elimination of an evil, enemy, or problem.
