màn
cǎo
nán
chú

idiom

Meaning of 蔓草难除

蔓草难除 means creeping weeds are hard to pull up; deep-rooted evil is hard to eradicate. Pronounced màn cǎo nán chú.

  • creeping weeds are hard to pull up; deep-rooted evil is hard to eradicate

Definitions & Examples

Tān
bài
tóng
màn
cǎo
nán
chú
 
cháng
zhuā
xiè
 

Corruption is like creeping weeds that are hard to pull up; it must be combated relentlessly.

Wǎng
luò
yáo
yán
chuán
xùn
 
yǒu
shí
gěi
rén
màn
cǎo
nán
chú
zhī
gǎn
 

Online rumors spread quickly and sometimes give people the feeling of being hard to eradicate.

Zhè
zhǒng
chén
guī
lòu
zài
dāng
gēn
shēn
 
zhēn
shì
màn
cǎo
nán
chú
 

This outdated and bad custom is deeply entrenched locally; it is truly hard to stamp out.

Chú
è
jìn
 
néng
gěi
màn
cǎo
nán
chú
de
shì
rèn
chuǎn
zhī
 

Evil must be eradicated completely, giving no breathing room to those deep-rooted forces that are hard to uproot.