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Chinese
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to mow; to cut
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to kill; to eradicate
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| trad. (芟夷)
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芟
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夷
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| simp. #(芟夷)
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芟
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夷
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| alternative forms
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芟荑
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Etymology
The phrase can be found in early written literature such as the Zuozhuan (《左傳·隱公六年》):
爲國家者，見惡如農夫之務去草焉。芟夷蘊崇之，絶其本根，勿使能殖，則善者信矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
为国家者，见恶如农夫之务去草焉。芟夷蕴崇之，绝其本根，勿使能殖，则善者信矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Wéi guójiā zhě, jiàn è rú nóngfū zhī wù qù cǎo yān. Shānyí yùnchóng zhī, jué qí běngēn, wùshǐ néng zhí, zé shànzhě shēn yǐ.
- Those charged with the administration of a state or hereditary fief, on seeing evil deeds, acts like a peasant who is obliged to vigorously remove the weeds. He cuts them down, uproots them, collects every single one of them, and pile them up; he destroys their roots and stops them from propagating. Thus, the good ones can grow.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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芟
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夷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shān
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yí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sræm ›
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‹ yij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁrm/
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/*ləj/
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| English
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mow (v.)
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level, peaceful
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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芟
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夷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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11069
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14862
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Phonetic
component
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芟
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夷
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Rime
group
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談
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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衫
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姨
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Old
Chinese
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/*sroːm/
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/*lil/
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| Notes
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小徐殳聲
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Verb
芟夷
- (literary) to weed; to mow grass
- (literary, figurative) to cut down; to delete
- (literary, figurative) to destroy completely; to annihilate; to eradicate; to wipe out