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南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
What 南征北讨 means
- war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
The characters in 南征北讨
- 南nánsouth
- 征zhēngjourney; trip; expedition
- 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
- 讨tǎoto invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for
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