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口诛笔伐

kǒu zhū bǐ fá

4-character word Traditional 口誅筆伐

What 口诛笔伐 means

1. to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
2. to denounce by word and pen

The characters in 口诛笔伐

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…
• 伐fáto cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against

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