恶竹应须斩万竿

惡竹應須斬萬竿
è zhú yīng xū zhǎn wàn gān
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 ten thousand stalks of bad bamboo ought to be cut down
  2. 2 evil must be uprooted thoroughly
  3. 3 Du Fu line often quoted on rooting out corruption

Examples

Fǎn fǔbài yào jiānjué, èzhúyīngxūzhǎnwàngān.
The fight against corruption must be resolute — ten thousand stalks of bad bamboo must be cut down.
Duì wéifǎ xíngwéi, jì yào àihù hǎo zhú, yě yào èzhúyīngxūzhǎnwàngān.
With lawbreaking, we must both protect the good bamboo and cut down the ten thousand stalks of bad bamboo.

Stroke Order

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