南征北讨
nán​zhēng​běi​tǎo

to fight on all sides

  • created reference approved 南征北讨/南征北討 → 南征北战/南征北戰 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南征北讨 / 南征北討 nán​zhēng​běi​tǎo

    南征北战 / 南征北戰 nán​zhēng​běi​zhàn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 南征北讨/南征北討 · nán​zhēng​běi​tǎo · to fight on all sides — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南征北讨 / 南征北討

    nán​zhēng​běi​tǎo

    to fight on all sides

    to fight across many regions; to experience numerous wars and battles through long and arduous campaigns

    南 (literal) → 南 · nán · south 征 (literal) → 征 · zhēng · to go on a campaign 北 (literal) → 北 · běi · north 讨 (literal) → 讨/討 · tǎo · to send a punitive force

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    created sense