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玉石俱焚

yù shí jù fén

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 玉石俱焚

玉
yù

jade

俱
jù

(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception

焚
fén

to burn

玉石
yù shí

jade

石
dàn

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu]; one hundred liters

石
shí

rock