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挞伐 (tà fá): To send a punitive expedition (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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挞 • tà • flog, whip; chastise
tà挞

flog, whip; chastise

伐 • fá • to attack, to cut down
fá伐

to attack, to cut down

Word Info

Pinyintà fá
Meaningto send a punitive expedition
Characters2
Syntaxverb

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 挞伐.

Words with 挞
  • 挞击tà jīto beat, to strike
  • 挞辱tà rǔto flog and humiliate
  • 鞭挞biān tàto lash, to castigate
Words with 伐
  • 步伐bù fástep; pace
  • 砍伐kǎn fáto hew
  • 伐木fá mùlogging; to cut wood
  • 讨伐tǎo fásend armed forces to suppress
  • 口诛笔伐kǒuzhūbǐfáto condemn both in speech and in writing
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Example Sentences with 挞伐

Gǔ古
dài代
dì帝
wáng王
cháng常
yǐ以
tà挞
fá伐
lái来
zhēng征
fú服
yì异
zú族
。
Ancient emperors often used punitive expeditions to conquer foreign tribes.