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Definitions

  1. 1. to cut down
  2. 2. to fell
  3. 3. to dispatch an expedition against
  4. 4. to attack
  5. 5. to boast
  6. 6. Taiwan pr. [fā]

Words Containing 伐

伐木工人
fá mù gōng rén

lumberjack

步伐
bù fá

pace

讨伐
tǎo fá

to suppress by armed force

斯洛伐克
sī luò fá kè

Slovakia (officially, since 1993, the Slovak Republic)

北伐
běi fá

the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

征伐
zhēng fá

to go on or send a punitive expedition

吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì

to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)

伐柯
fá kē

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax

武王伐纣
wǔ wáng fá zhòu

King Wu of Zhou 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[shāng zhòu wáng]

南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá

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

斯洛伐克语
sī luò fá kè yǔ

Slovak (language)

口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá

to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)

滥伐
làn fá

to denude

采伐
cǎi fá

to fell

党同伐异
dǎng tóng fá yì

to be narrowly partisan

攻伐
gōng fá

to attack

假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá guó

to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo

盗伐
dào fá

to unlawfully fell trees

北伐军
běi fá jūn

the Northern Expeditionary Army

伐木场
fá mù chǎng

a logging area

操斧伐柯
cāo fǔ fá kē

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax

巴伐利亚
bā fá lì yà

Bavaria

砍伐
kǎn fá

to hew

伐木
fá mù

to cut wood

禁伐
jìn fá

a ban on logging

辛伐他汀
xīn fá tā tīng

simvastatin

大张挞伐
dà zhāng tà fá

to launch an all-out attack (idiom)

滥砍滥伐
làn kǎn làn fá

wanton destruction of forested lands

捷克斯洛伐克
jié kè sī luò fá kè

Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)