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伐

fá

cut down, subjugate, attack

💡 Ideographic: A person 亻 attacked 戈

HSK 6 6 strokes Common (18%)

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man, person; people

spear, lance, halberd

⿰亻戈 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

rén

亻

man, person; people

💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人

2 strokes

gē

戈

spear, lance, halberd

📷 Pictographic: A spear pointing to the bottom-right

4 strokes

Words Using 伐 (30)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

pace / (measured) step / march

pace / (measured) step / march

to hew / to cut down

to hew / to cut down

to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. <fā>

to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. <fā>

to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering

to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering

假道伐虢 ↗

jiǎdàofáGuó

to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)

jiǎdàofáGuó

假道伐虢 ↗

to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)

the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as match-maker

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as match-maker

南征北伐 ↗

nánzhēngběifá

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

nánzhēngběifá

南征北伐 ↗

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

口诛笔伐 ↗

to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen

口诛笔伐 ↗

to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen

the Northern Expeditionary Army

the Northern Expeditionary Army

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