to suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against; to crusade against
trad. 討伐
Also written 討伐【tǎo fá】
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2讨
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to invite, to provoke, to demand or ask for, to send armed forces to suppress, to denounce or condemn, to marry (a woman), to discuss or study
- Pinyin
- tǎo
- Traditional
- 討
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 16727 of 2500
伐
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to cut down, to fell, to dispatch an expedition against, to attack, to boast, Taiwan pr. [fa1]
- Pinyin
- fá
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 19061 of 2500