粵

蘭laan4艾ngaai6同tung4焚fan4

simp兰艾同焚
laan4 ngaai6 tung4 fan4inferredlán ài tóng fén

English

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

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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