吊民伐罪

Traditional form:

弔民伐罪

Pinyin (reading):

diàomínfázuì

Definitions:

• to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)

Characters:

• 吊 - to condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack
• 罪 - sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime

Traditional characters:

• 弔 - to suspend, to hang; to pity, to condole
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack
• 罪 - sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime