口诛笔伐

Traditional form:

口誅筆伐

Pinyin (reading):

kǒuzhūbǐfá

Definitions:

• to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
• to denounce by word and pen

Characters:

• 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 诛 - to execute, to kill; to punish
• 笔 - pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack

Traditional characters:

• 口 - mouth; entrance, gate, opening
• 誅 - to execute, to kill; to punish
• 筆 - pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack