祸根

bù yào liú xia huò gēn

不要留下祸根。

Do not lay the seeds for future trouble.

tā mái xia le huò gēn

他埋下了祸根。

He laid up trouble for the future.

chǎn chú huò gēn

铲除祸根

uproot the evil

tān lán shì sǔn huǐ xìng fú de huò gēn

贪婪是损毁幸福的祸根。

Avarice is the bane to happiness.

tā de cái fù chéng le huò gēn

她的财富成了祸根。

Her wealth proved a curse to her.

zào yīn shì xiàn dài chéng shì shēng huó de yī dà huò gēn

噪音是现代城市生活的一大祸根。

Noise is a curse of modern city life.

lěng mò shì yīng guó dì fang mín zhǔ zhì dù cháng qī yǐ lái nán yǐ tuī guǎng de huò gēn

冷漠是英国地方民主制度长期以来难以推广的祸根。

Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy.