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吊伐

diào fá

2-character word Traditional 弔伐

What 吊伐 means

1. to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for {吊民伐罪|diào mín fá zuì})

The characters in 吊伐

• 吊diàoto suspend; to hang up; to hang a person
• 伐fáto cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against

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