兰艾同焚 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds ; fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
• the rain falls on the just and unjust alike

Character by character

• 兰lánorchid; elegant, graceful
• 艾àimugwort, Artemisia vulgaris; used in transliterati
• 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
• 焚fénto burn

Idioms sharing a character

• 芝兰之室 zhī lán zhī shì
• 芝兰玉树 zhī lán yù shù
• 采兰赠芍 cǎi lán zèng sháo
• 金兰之交 jīn lán zhī jiāo
• 方兴未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài
• 期期艾艾 qī qī ài ài
• 自艾自怜 zì yì zì lián
• 一视同仁 yī shì tóng rén
• 不同凡响 bù tóng fán xiǎng
• 不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng

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