北伐

Traditional form:

北伐

Pinyin (reading):

Běifá

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack

Traditional characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack