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Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「趕盡殺絕」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Drive out cleanly and eliminate completely. It is a metaphor for being cruel and vicious, leaving no room for mercy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǎn jìn shā jué

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gon2 jeun6 saat3 jyut6

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