UPROOT    連根拔起

PULL out PLANT by PULLING OUT the ROOTS.
PULL UPROOT OUTRIP OUTLITERARY DERACINATE
Old Chinese Criteria
huang
Modern Chinese Criteria
拔根 根絕 絕滅 is figurative only. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • PULL　TRY TO DISPLACE something towards ONESELF USING ONE'S HANDS. (anc: 12/0, child: 2)
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)

Words (3 items)

拔  bá OC: breed MC: bɣɛt 4 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 舉/LIFT The most general and the most current word for lifting up anything, in literal as well as figurative senses is jǔ 舉.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpull out by the roots, uproot
  • vtoNpassivebe uprooted; or middle voice: get uprooted
吹拔  chuī fá OC: khjol bod MC: tɕhiɛ bi̯ɐt 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNresultativeblow upon so as to uproot (trees etc)
撅  jué OC: kod MC: ki̯ɐt 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viget uprooted
  • vtoNdig up, uproot