From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「弔民伐罪」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「弔民伐罪」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Diao: to express condolences; Fa: to attack. Comfort the suffering people and punish the guilty rulers.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
diào mín fá zuì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
diu3 man4 fat6 jeui6
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