伐 - fá - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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伐

fá

Definition

to cut down
to fell
to dispatch an expedition against
to attack
to boast
Taiwan pr. [fa1]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

阀

fá

powerful individual, family or group; clique; (loanword) valve

raft (of logs)

to turn the soil; upturned soil; (used in place names)

茷

fá

denseness of grass-foliage

Related words (19)

伐木

fá mù

to cut wood; tree-felling; lumbering

伐柯

fá kē

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; (fig.) to follow a principle; (fig.) to act as matchmaker

a logging area

lumberjack; tree cutter

征伐

zhēng fá

to go on or send a punitive expedition

攻伐

gōng fá

to attack; to raid; (of medicine) potent

步伐

bù fá

pace; (measured) step; march

滥伐

làn fá

to denude; illegal logging; forest clearance

盗伐

dào fá

to unlawfully fell trees

to hew; to cut down

a ban on logging

to suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against; to crusade against

to fell; to cut

the Northern Expeditionary Army

党同伐异

dǎng tóng fá yì

to be narrowly partisan; to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views

吊民伐罪

diào mín fá zuì

to console the people and punish the tyrant

操斧伐柯

cāo fǔ fá kē

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; (fig.) to follow a principle; (fig.) to act as matchmaker

滥砍滥伐

làn kǎn làn fá

wanton destruction of forested lands

辛伐他汀

xīn fá tā tīng

simvastatin

Idioms (3)

南征北伐

nán zhēng běi fá

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

口诛笔伐

kǒu zhū bǐ fá

to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom); to denounce by word and pen

大张挞伐

dà zhāng tà fá

to launch an all-out attack (idiom); to roundly condemn; to castigate

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