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This feature highlights the idiom 「剪草除根」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
When weeding, remove the weeds by the roots so that they cannot grow. A metaphor for removing the root of trouble to avoid future troubles.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiǎn cǎo chú gēn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jin2 chou2 cheui4 gan1
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