兰艾同焚

兰艾同焚
lánàitóngfén

lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common

    • When orchids and mugwort burn together, jade and stone alike shatter.

  2. adjective

    the rain falls on the just and unjust alike

    • The fragrant orchids and the foul mugwort burn together, and jade and stone shatter alike.

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