lán ài tóng fén

Traditional: 蘭艾同焚

兰艾同焚 (lán ài tóng fén) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common; the rain falls on the just and unjust alike”.

Meanings

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

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