残民害物 — Chinese idiom
残民害物
cán mín hài wù
Traditional: 殘民害物
Meaning
- to harm people and damage property
Character by character
- 残cánto injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, s
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 害hàito injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
- 物wùthing, substance, matter; creature
Idioms sharing a character
- 抱残守缺 bào cán shǒu quē
- 收残缀轶 shōu cán zhuì yì
- 断壁残垣 duàn bì cán yuán
- 残兵败将 cán bīng bài jiàng
- 残年短景 cán nián duǎn jǐng
- 残花败柳 cán huā bài liǔ
- 残酷无情 cán kù wú qíng
- 自相残杀 zì xiāng cán shā
- 苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn
- 骨肉相残 gǔ ròu xiāng cán
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