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Trad. 弔伐
- to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪|吊民伐罪[diao4 min2 fa2 zui4])
- (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
- fig. to follow a principle
- fig. to act as matchmaker
Trad. 討伐
- to suppress by armed force
- to send a punitive expedition against
- to crusade against
- the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
- to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
- to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
Trad. 武王伐紂
- King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]
Trad. 弔民伐罪
- to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
- war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Trad. 大張撻伐
- (idiom) to launch an all-out attack
- to roundly condemn; to castigate
- Slovakia (officially the Slovak Republic since 1993)
Trad. 濫砍濫伐
- wanton destruction of forested lands
- (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
- fig. to follow a principle
- fig. to act as matchmaker
Trad. 口誅筆伐
- to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
- to denounce by word and pen
Trad. 黨同伐異
- to be narrowly partisan
- to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views
Trad. 斯洛伐克語
- Slovak (language)
- Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)