Usage of the character 伐
fá
伐
[伐]
- to cut down
- to fell
- to dispatch an expedition against
- to attack
- to boast
- Taiwan pr. (fā)
fámù
伐木
[伐木]
- to cut wood
- tree-felling
- lumbering
diàofá
吊伐
[弔伐]
- to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪／吊民伐罪 (diàomínfázuì))
fákē
伐柯
[伐柯]
- (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
- fig. to follow a principle
- fig. to act as matchmaker
zhēngfá
征伐
[征伐]
- to go on or send a punitive expedition
tǎofá
讨伐
[討伐]
- to suppress by armed force
- to send a punitive expedition against
- to crusade against
cǎifá
采伐
[採伐]
- to fell
- to cut
lànfá
滥伐
[濫伐]
- to denude
- illegal logging
- forest clearance
kǎnfá
砍伐
[砍伐]
- to hew
- to cut down
bùfá
步伐
[步伐]
- pace
- (measured) step
- march
Běifá
北伐
[北伐]
- the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
gōngfá
攻伐
[攻伐]
- to attack
- to raid
- (of medicine) potent
dàofá
盗伐
[盜伐]
- to unlawfully fell trees
jìnfá
禁伐
[禁伐]
- a ban on logging
běifájūn
北伐军
[北伐軍]
- the Northern Expeditionary Army
fámùchǎng
伐木场
[伐木場]
- a logging area
Sīluòfákè
斯洛伐克
[斯洛伐克]
- Slovakia (officially, since 1993, the Slovak Republic)
nánzhēngběifá
南征北伐
[南征北伐]
- war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
kǒuzhūbǐfá
口诛笔伐
[口誅筆伐]
- to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
- to denounce by word and pen
Wǔwángfá Zhòu
武王伐纣
[武王伐紂]
- King Wu of Zhou 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng) overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王／商纣王 ( Shāng Zhòuwáng)
dàzhāngtàfá
大张挞伐
[大張撻伐]
- (idiom) to launch an all-out attack
- to roundly condemn; to castigate
dǎngtóngfáyì
党同伐异
[黨同伐異]
- to be narrowly partisan
- to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views
Bāfálìyà
巴伐利亚
[巴伐利亞]
- Bavaria
cāofǔfákē
操斧伐柯
[操斧伐柯]
- (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
- fig. to follow a principle
- fig. to act as matchmaker
jiǎdàofá Guó
假道伐虢
[假道伐虢]
- to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
- to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
lànkǎnlànfá
滥砍滥伐
[濫砍濫伐]
- wanton destruction of forested lands
fámùgōngrén
伐木工人
[伐木工人]
- lumberjack
- tree cutter
diàomínfázuì
吊民伐罪
[弔民伐罪]
- to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
xīnfátātīng
辛伐他汀
[辛伐他汀]
- simvastatin
Sīluòfákèyǔ
斯洛伐克语
[斯洛伐克語]
- Slovak (language)
Jiékè Sīluòfákè
捷克斯洛伐克
[捷克斯洛伐克]
- Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)