趕盡殺絕

趕盡殺絕

Chinese

		to catch up; to overtake; to hurry to catch up; to overtake; to hurry; to rush; to drive away	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	to kill; to murder; to slaughter	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (趕盡殺絕)		趕	盡	殺	絕
simp. (赶尽杀绝)		赶	尽	杀	绝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnjìnshājué

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon² zeon⁶ saat³ zyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǎnjìnshājué
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanjinnshajyue
    • IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon² zeon⁶ saat³ zyut⁶
    • Yale: gón jeuhn saat jyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon² dzoen⁶ saat⁸ dzyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon² zên⁶ sad³ jud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³⁵ t͡ʃɵn²² säːt̚³ t͡ʃyːt̚²/

Idiom

趕盡殺絕

1. to drive away and kill all; to kill to the last one; to exterminate