leave not a blade of grass; total devastation
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb phrase
leave nothing behind; cause total devastation
literaryAn idiom describing a scene of complete destruction, often by natural disasters or war. It emphasizes thoroughness and totality.
Huáng蝗
chóng虫
guò过
hòu后
，
tián田
dì地
lǐ里
cùn寸
cǎo草
bù不
liú留
。
After the locusts passed, nothing was left in the fields.
Nà那
chǎng场
dà大
huǒ火
bǎ把
zhěng整
gè个
cūn村
zhuāng庄
shāo烧
dé得
cùn寸
cǎo草
bù不
liú留
。
That great fire burnt the entire village to the ground, leaving nothing behind.
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Qīn侵
luè略
zhě者
de的
tiě铁
tí蹄
suǒ所
dào到
zhī之
chù处
，
cháng常
cháng常
shì是
cùn寸
cǎo草
bù不
liú留
。
Wherever the invaders' iron heels trod, total devastation was often left behind.