dōng​zhēng​xī​tǎo

to fight on all sides

  • created reference approved 东征西讨/東征西討 → 东讨西征/東討西征 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东征西讨 / 東征西討 dōng​zhēng​xī​tǎo

    东讨西征 / 東討西征 dōng​tǎo​xī​zhēng

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  • created reference approved 东征西讨/東征西討 → 东讨西伐/東討西伐 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东征西讨 / 東征西討 dōng​zhēng​xī​tǎo

    东讨西伐 / 東討西伐 dōng​tǎo​xī​fá

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  • created sense approved 东征西讨/東征西討 · dōng​zhēng​xī​tǎo · to fight on all sides — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东征西讨 / 東征西討

    dōng​zhēng​xī​tǎo

    to fight on all sides

    to go on many military expeditions across the land; to fight in various locations over a long period

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 征 (literal) → 征 · zhēng · to go on a campaign 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 讨 (literal) → 讨/討 · tǎo · to send a punitive force

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