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The idiom being introduced now is 「掃穴犁庭」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Sweep their homes and plow their yards. A metaphor for completely destroying the enemy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sǎo xué lí tíng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sou3 yut6 lai4 ting4
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