蘭艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén

destroy good and bad together; no one spared

Word data

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
  2. 2. the rain falls on the just and unjust alike

Characters

Character Meaning
orchid (lán huā Cymbidium goeringii); surname Lan
abbr. for ài zī bìng, AIDS
same; together; with
to burn