党同伐异
dǎng​tóng​fá​yì

to be narrowly partisan

  • created sense approved 党同伐异/黨同伐異 · dǎng​tóng​fá​yì · to be narrowly partisan — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    党同伐异 / 黨同伐異

    dǎng​tóng​fá​yì

    to be narrowly partisan

    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.

    dǎng​tóng​fā​yì

    党 (literal) → 党/黨 · dǎng · to be partial to 同 (literal) → 同 · tóng · same 伐 (literal) → 伐 · fá · to attack 异 (literal) → 异/異 · yì · different

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense