Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「伐罪弔人」—details below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「伐罪弔人」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Punish the guilty and save the people. Often used as a slogan to launch a war. “人” should be “民” (people) because it was changed to avoid the taboo of Emperor Taizong. Same as “punishing the criminals and comforting the people.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fá zuì diào rén
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fat6 jeui6 diu3 yan4
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