the step or gait of a person or group when walking or marching; the speed or progress of an event, development, or process

to suppress by armed force; to send military forces to attack or crush a rebellion or enemy; to crusade against

Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)

to fell; to hew; to cut down trees using a saw or an axe

to cut down trees; to log or work in lumbering

to cut down trees for timber

Slovakia; officially the Slovak Republic since 1993

The Nationalist military campaign from 1926 to 1928 led by Chiang Kai-shek against the northern warlords to unify China.

The largest state of the Federal Republic of Germany, located in the Danube river basin.

to condemn or attack a person or their actions through both spoken words and written text

to go on or send a punitive expedition; to go on a military campaign to punish a rebel or an enemy

to fell trees indiscriminately; excessive and destructive lumbering without planning or restriction

to go to war; to engage in military suppression or campaigns

to cut down trees illegally; to poach timber

to log or cut down trees without restriction; illegal logging; forest clearance

The army that fought in the Northern Expedition (1926-1927) to unify China under the Kuomintang.

The military campaign led by the National Revolutionary Army between 1926 and 1928 to unify China by defeating the Beiyang warlords; often referred to simply as the [[北伐|北伐|bei3 fa2]]

to launch a military expedition against; to invade or raid

(literary) to send troops to punish or invade; to dispatch a punitive expedition

an area where trees are cut down for timber; a logging camp

A designated area in a forest where cutting or logging is officially permitted by forestry authorities

To unite with those who share the same views while attacking or alienating those who disagree; originally used for academic disputes but now applied to any group conflict or factionalism.

The historical event where [[周武王|周武王|zhou1 wu3 wang2]] overthrew the tyrant [[商纣王|商紂王|shang1 zhou4 wang2]] of the Shang dynasty

lumberjack; logger; person whose job is to cut down trees for timber

the planned harvesting of timber to obtain wood or to renew a forest; to perform such harvesting

(idiom) to console the people by punishing their oppressive rulers; to launch a campaign for justice

(idiom) to launch a massive assault or to roundly condemn; to castigate or publicly denounce

To act as a matchmaker; to broker a marriage.

to fight across the land in every direction; to go on extensive military campaigns

to cast off one's old self; to make a thoroughgoing change; originally meaning to scrape away hair and wash the bone marrow, it is now used to describe a spiritual or physical rebirth, as in [[脱胎换骨|脫胎換骨|tuo1 tai1 huan4 gu3]] or [[洗心革面|洗心革面|xi3 xin1 ge2 mian4]]

to send a punitive expedition against a criminal or a despotic ruler; to punish those who have committed crimes

to chop (trees) every day; a metaphor for continuous destruction or the gradual ruin of one's physical health (often through dissipation or excess)

to punish the wicked and console the common people; to execute a just war against a tyrant for the sake of the population

a straight tree is cut down first for its utility; figuratively, the most capable people are the first to be worn out or targeted

an axe that cuts down one's life force; a metaphor for something that endangers or destroys one's physical or mental health, especially excessive desire or indulgence

Describes a person who is modest and does not boast about their own achievements; neither showing arrogance nor singing one's own praise.

to campaign in every direction; to conduct military expeditions across various regions

to use foreigners or barbarians to fight against other foreigners or barbarians

(literary) to boast about one's own talents or achievements

lumberjack; tree cutter

to harm or destroy living things; to injure life

(variant form) a family of high status and distinguished service; achievements or meritorious deeds recorded for posterity; inscriptions on a doorway listing a family's honors

to beat or strike a drum; used in classical contexts to describe the sounding of drums to signal or command an army

(literary) to act as a matchmaker; to arrange a marriage

Borrowing the resources or passage of an ally to attack a common enemy, then turning on the ally; an idiom based on a story from the Spring and Autumn Period where the State of Jin asked for passage through the State of Yu to attack the State of Guo, only to conquer Yu on the way back

to prune, cut, or fell (branches or trees)

to denounce or condemn someone in words

to attack with words or condemn someone in speech; to wage a war of words

to console the people by punishing the tyrants; to comfort the suffering and strike down the guilty