讨伐 (tǎo fá) — (military) to send a punitive expedition against; to suppress by force of arms; (figurative) to denounce; to crusade against (an injustice or wrongdoing)
Definition
Literary verb meaning to launch a military punitive expedition, or, figuratively, to denounce or crusade against wrongdoing. The concrete sense is mostly historical/literary; the figurative sense is the one learners will meet in modern writing.
verb
(military) to send a punitive expedition againstto suppress by force of arms(figurative) to denounceto crusade against (an injustice or wrongdoing)
Examples
- 讨伐。Gǔ dài dì wáng cháng yǐ tǎo fá zhū hóu lái gǒng gù zì jǐ de tǒng zhì.Ancient emperors often sent punitive expeditions against feudal lords to consolidate their rule.
- 讨伐。Zhè piān wén zhāng gōng kāi tǎo fá le dāng qián shè huì zhōng de fǔ bài xiàn xiàng.This article publicly denounces the corruption in current society.
- ，讨伐。Rén mín fēn fēn fā shēng, tǎo fá nà xiē pò huài huán jìng de xíng wéi.People one after another spoke out to condemn those behaviors that damage the environment.
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