戎狄是膺
róng​dí​shì​yīng

to repel tribal invaders

  • created sense approved 戎狄是膺 · róng​dí​shì​yīng · to repel tribal invaders — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    戎狄是膺

    róng​dí​shì​yīng

    to repel tribal invaders

    to attack and drive back northern and western nomadic tribes; a classical expression for defending the borders against foreign invasion

    戎狄 (literal) → 戎狄 · róng​dí · nomadic tribes 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · [object marker] 膺 (literal) → 膺 · yīng · to attack

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