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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fá | fa2
English translation
to cut down
to fell
to dispatch an expedition against
to attack
to boast
Taiwan pr. [fā]
cut down, subjugate, attack

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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A person  rén  attacked 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻戈

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孩子 háizi men yòu lěi yòu 饿 è , tuō zhāo 沉重 chénzhòng de 步伐 bùfá 高高兴兴 gāo gāo xìng xìng de 回家 huí jiā le .

Tired and hungry, but happy , the boys trudged home.

zhè dǎo shì zhēn de , ” shuì , 此时 cǐ shí zhēng guì zài 地上 dì shang 旁观 páng guān , yǐn zhāo 他们 tā men 说话 shuōhuà .

'It is true,'said Defarge, who was kneeling to look on and hear.

加快 jiā kuài 步伐 bùfá , Huán zǒu hěn cháng 一段 ne .

Step out, you still have a long way to go.

天气 tiānqì 不好 bù hǎo ya , 先生 Xiānsheng men , ” Yáo zhāo tóu shuì .

'It is bad weather, gentlemen,'said Defarge, shaking his head.

德伐 péi 来到 lái dào 楼梯 lóu tī kǒu , ràng 坐下 zuò xia , 自己 zìjǐ zài jìn le 阁楼 gé lóu .

Whom Defarge escorted to the top of the stairs, and, leaving seated there, returned.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
步伐 bùfá pace步伐 bùfá
to fell
伐木 fá mù to cut wood伐木 fá mù
讨伐 tǎo fá to suppress by armed force討伐
巴伐利亚 Bā fá lì yà Bavaria巴伐利亞
斯洛伐克 Sī luò fá kè Slovakia (officially, since 1993, the Slovak Republic)斯洛伐克 Sī luò fá kè
捷克斯洛伐克 Jié kè Sī luò fá kè Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)捷克斯洛伐克 Jié kè Sī luò fá kè
砍伐 kǎnfá to hew砍伐 kǎnfá
采伐 cǎi fá to fell採伐
北伐 Běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords北伐 Běi fá
口诛笔伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to denounce by word and pen口誅筆伐
征伐 zhēng fá to go on or send a punitive expedition征伐 zhēng fá
盗伐 dào fá to unlawfully fell trees盜伐
滥伐 làn fá to denude濫伐
北伐军 běi fá jūn the Northern Expeditionary Army北伐軍
攻伐 gōng fá to attack攻伐 gōng fá
伐木场 fá mù chǎng a logging area伐木場
党同伐异 dǎng tóng fá yì to be narrowly partisan黨同伐異
武王伐纣 Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu King Wu of Zhou 周武王 Zhōu Wǔ wáng [Zhōu​Wǔ​wáng] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王 Shāng Zhòu wáng [Shāng​Zhòu​wáng]武王伐紂
吊民伐罪 diào mín fá zuì to console the people and punish the tyrant弔民伐罪
大张挞伐 dà zhāng tà fá to roundly condemn大張撻伐
伐柯 fá kē fig. to follow a principle伐柯 fá kē
南征北伐 nán zhēng běi fá war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters南征北伐 nán zhēng běi fá

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