Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「伐罪弔民」, with details below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「伐罪弔民」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Fa: to attack. Condolence: condolences. Punish the guilty and save the people. Often used as a slogan to launch a war.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fá zuì diào mín
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fat6 jeui6 diu3 man4
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
