Correct
连根烂
/ lián gēn làn /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
已经连根烂
2
要连根烂
3
全连根烂
4
就连根烂
Definition
连根烂
Literally means:
even the root is rotten
Actually means:
ruin everything
This phrase means the whole plant, including the root has rotten away. It metaphorically means something is thoroughly destroyed or one's hope is completely spoiled.
植物以及它的根都烂掉了。比喻事物彻底毁坏、损失或希望、理想彻底破灭。
Example
Used as predicate. (作谓语)
1
Yóuyú
由于
lànyòng
滥用
nóngyào
农药
,
sān
三
mǔ
亩
dàsuàn
大蒜
quándōu
全都
liángēn
连根
làn
烂
zài
在
dì
地
lǐ
里
,
sǔnshī
损失
dá
达
yīwànwǔqiān
一万五千
duō
多
yuán
元
。
Due to the abuse of pesticides, three acres of garlic all rotted in the ground, the loss of more than 15,000 yuan.
2
Tāmen
他们
bàn
办
gōngchǎng
工厂
kěshì
可是
wàiháng
外行
,
yàoshi
要是
bù
不
chénggōng
成功
,
shíwàn
十万
kuài
块
qián
钱
jiù
就
lián
连
gēn
根
làn
烂
le
了
。
They run a factory but the outsider, if not successful, hundreds of thousands of dollars even rotten roots.
3
Xī
希
yóuyú
由于
jiēèrliánsān
接二连三
de
的
shībài
失败
,
xiànzài
现在
tā
他
duì
对
zhènxīng
振兴
gōngsī
公司
de
的
xīwàng
希望
yǐjīng
已经
liángēn
连根
làn
烂
。
Because of a series of failures, Hsi's hopes of revitalizing the company are now in tatters.