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南征北伐

nán zhēng běi fá

Definitions

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

Child Words of 南征北伐

• 北 北 běi: north
• 南 南 nán: south
• 征 征 zhēng: journey
• 伐 伐 fá: to cut down
• 北伐 北伐 běi fá: the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
• 南征 南征 nán zhēng: punitive expedition to the south