招撫

招抚
zhāofǔ
  1. to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
  2. to bring to negotiated surrender

CEDICT

  1. (archaic, of feudal rulers) to offer amnesty to rebels and promise to enlist their service
  2. to offer amnesty to rebels and promise to enlist their service

Wiktionary

招降安撫。《後漢書．卷三一．賈琮傳》：「琮即移書告示，各使安其資業，招撫荒散，蠲復傜役，誅斬渠帥為大害者。」《文明小史．第二四回》：「主意打定，半夜裡起身，磨好了墨，立刻做了一個招撫義和團的摺子，把義和團說得有聲有色。」也作「招安」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 招 zhāo
  1. to recruit
  2. to provoke
  3. to beckon
  4. to incur
  5. to infect
  6. contagious
  7. a move (chess)
  8. a maneuver
  9. device
  10. trick
  11. to confess
2 撫 fǔ
  1. to comfort
  2. to console
  3. to stroke
  4. to caress
  5. an old term for province or provincial governor

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招安 zhāoān to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty