空室清野

hung1 sat1 cing1 je5

empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy · scorched earth policy

Meanings

  1. empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
  2. scorched earth policy

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