created sense approved 挞伐/撻伐 · tàfá · to send a punitive expedition — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
挞伐 / 撻伐
tàfá
to send a punitive expedition
(literary) to send troops to punish or invade; to dispatch a punitive expedition
tàfā
挞 (literal) → 挞/撻 · tà · to flog 伐 (literal) → 伐 · fá · to attack
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 挞伐/撻伐 · tàfá · to denounce — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
挞伐 / 撻伐
tàfá
to denounce
To strongly condemn or lash out against someone, especially in writing or public speech; to denounce
tàfā
挞 (literal) → 挞/撻 · tà · to flog 伐 (literal) → 伐 · fá · to attack
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition