武王伐纣 (武王伐紂)
Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu
Pinyin

Definition

武王伐纣 (武王伐紂)
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Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu
  1. King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhōu Wǔ wáng] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shāng Zhòu wáng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  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]
nǚ wáng
  1. 1 queen
wǔ jiàng
  1. 1 general
  2. 2 military leader
  3. 3 fierce man
wǔ lín
  1. 1 martial arts (social) circles
Wǔ hàn
  1. 1 Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province

Idioms (20)

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)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
  1. 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2 history is written by the victors
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
  1. 1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
  2. 2 to denounce by word and pen
大张挞伐
dà zhāng tà fá
  1. 1 to launch an all-out attack (idiom)
  2. 2 to roundly condemn
  3. 3 to castigate