吊伐

Traditional form:

弔伐

Pinyin (reading):

diàofá

Definitions:

• to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪／吊民伐罪 (diàomínfázuì))

Characters:

• 吊 - to condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack

Traditional characters:

• 弔 - to suspend, to hang; to pity, to condole
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack