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赶尽杀绝

gǎn jìn shā jué

4-character word Traditional 趕盡殺絕

What 赶尽杀绝 means

1. to kill to the last one (idiom)
2. to exterminate
3. to eradicate
4. ruthless

The characters in 赶尽杀绝

• 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 尽jìnto use up; to exhaust; to end
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear

Example sentences

• 我们并没有赶尽杀绝。
  Wǒmen bìng méiyǒu gǎnjìnshājué.
  We're not terminating you.

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