北伐
Běi fá
Pinyin

Definition

北伐
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Běi fá
  1. the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

北
běi
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 (classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
伐
fá
  1. 1 to cut down
  2. 2 to fell
  3. 3 to dispatch an expedition against
  4. 4 to attack
  5. 5 to boast
  6. 6 Taiwan pr. [fā]
北上
běi shàng
  1. 1 to go up north
北京人
Běi jīng rén
  1. 1 Beijing resident
  2. 2 Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing

Idioms (14)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Sample Sentences

是吧，我来台湾玩之前做了一点功课，其实蒋介石对民族的贡献也是很大的。比如在清末军阀割据的时候领导了两次北伐，统一了乱世中的中国；比如对文化教育的重视等等。还有他到死都坚持一个中国的信念，坚决不搞台独。
shì ba ，wǒ lái Táiwān wán zhīqián zuò le yīdiǎn gōngkè ，qíshí Jiǎng Jièshí duì mínzú de gòngxiàn yě shì hěn dà de 。bǐrú zài qīngmò jūnfá gējù de shíhou lǐngdǎo le liǎng cì běifá ，tǒngyī le luànshì zhōng de Zhōngguó ；bǐrú duì wénhuà jiàoyù de zhòngshì děngdeng 。háiyǒu tā dào sǐ dōu jiānchí yī gè Zhōngguó de xìnniàn ，jiānjué bù gǎo táidú 。
Yeah. Before I went to Taiwan I did some research. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek's contributions to the people were pretty great. For example, when the country was being carved up by warlords at the end of the Qing Dynasty, he led an invasion into the north two times to unite China. Another example was his valuing of culture and education. And even at the end of his life he was still committed to the idea of one China, and that Taiwan should not be independent.
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