南征北讨
Traditional form:
南征北討
Pinyin (reading):
nánzhēngběitǎo
Definitions:
- war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Characters:
- 南 - south; southern; southward
- 征 - to summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasion
- 北 - north; northern; northward
- 讨 - to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
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