摧枯拉朽

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Chinese

break; destroy; devastate
break; destroy; devastate; ravage; repress
 
withered; dried up
to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag
to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw
 
rotten
simp. and trad.
(摧枯拉朽)
Literally: “crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood”.

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Idiom

摧枯拉朽

  1. easily destroyed or crushed