赶尽杀绝 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to kill to the last one
• to exterminate
• to eradicate
• ruthless

Character by character

• 赶gǎnto pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel
• 尽jìnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete
• 杀shāto kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
• 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate

Idioms sharing a character

• 流星赶月 liú xīng gǎn yuè
• 一网打尽 yī wǎng dǎ jìn
• 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
• 一饮而尽 yī yǐn ér jìn
• 人尽可夫 rén jìn kě fū
• 人尽皆知 rén jìn jiē zhī
• 仁至义尽 rén zhì yì jìn
• 前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì
• 力尽神危 lì jìn shén wēi
• 各尽所能 gè jìn suǒ néng

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