南征北伐 nánzhēngběifá to fight on all sides Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 南征 nánzhēng punitive expedition to the south To launch a military campaign or punitive expedition to the south北伐 běifá Northern Expedition The Nationalist military campaign from 1926 to 1928 led by Chiang Kai-shek against the northern warlords to unify China.