挞 (tà) — (bound form) to beat with a whip; to lash (used in literary compounds)
Definition
Literary/书面 verb meaning 'to lash, to flog' — used in formal compounds like 鞭挞 (castigate) and 挞伐 (launch a punitive attack), not in everyday speech.
bound form
(bound form) to beat with a whipto lash (used in literary compounds)
Examples
- 挞。Tā zài wén zhāng lǐ hěn hěn dì biān tà le zhè zhǒng bù liáng xiàn xiàng.He severely castigated this kind of bad phenomenon in his article.
- 挞。Cháo tíng pài bīng tà fá pàn luàn.The imperial court sent troops on a punitive expedition to suppress the rebellion.
- 挞。Zhè piān píng lùn duì fǔ bài xíng wéi jìn xíng le yán lì de biān tà.This commentary severely castigated corrupt practices.
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