犁庭掃閭犁庭掃穴lí tíng sǎo lǘplough up the enemy’s court and destroy his hideouts—tho roughly destroy the enemy (/opponent)
? 固已犁其庭，掃其閭，郡縣而置之。(《漢書·匈奴傳下》) … we already succeeded in destroying their courts and wiping out their neighbourhoods and making these territories our perfectures and counties. |