讨伐

Traditional form:

討伐

Pinyin (reading):

tǎofá

Definitions:

• to suppress by armed force
• to send a punitive expedition against
• to crusade against

Characters:

• 讨 - to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack

Traditional characters:

• 討 - to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
• 伐 - cut down, subjugate, attack