北伐

Běifá
the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

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Homographs

北伐 běifá

Entry Composition

=1 北 běi
  1. north
  2. (classical) to be defeated
=1 北 bèi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 背 (bèi, “back; to betray”).
  2. Original form of 背 (bèi, “back; to betray”).
2 伐 fá
  1. to cut down
  2. to fell
  3. to dispatch an expedition against
  4. to attack
  5. to boast
  6. Taiwan pr. fā

Containing this entry

北伐军 běifájūn the Northern Expeditionary Army
南征北伐 nánzhēngběifá war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
北伐战争 Běifá Zhànzhēng