除害

chúhài
  1. (formal) to rid the world of an evil (person)
  2. to remove pests; to do pest control
  3. to rid the world of an evil (person)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 除 chú
  1. to get rid of
  2. to remove
  3. to exclude
  4. to eliminate
  5. to wipe out
  6. to divide
  7. except
  8. not including
=2 害 hài
  1. to do harm to
  2. to cause trouble to
  3. harm
  4. evil
  5. calamity
=2 害 hé
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 曷 (hé, “why”)
  2. alternative form of 曷 (hé, “why”)

Containing this entry

為民除害 wèimínchúhài (idiom) to rid the people of a scourge