玉石俱焚

yù shí jù fén

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Definitions

1. to burn both jade and common stone
2. to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)

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Child Words of 玉石俱焚

• 玉 玉 yù: jade
• 俱 俱 jù: (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception
• 焚 焚 fén: to burn
• 玉石 玉石 yù shí: jade
• 石 石 dàn: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters
• 石 石 shí: rock