伐

to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1]

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

surname Ge

dagger-axe / abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4] / (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]

to cut wood / tree-felling / lumbering

to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen

lumberjack / tree cutter

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker

to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)

the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords

the Northern Expeditionary Army

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪|吊民伐罪[diao4 min2 fa2 zui4])

to be narrowly partisan / to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views

a logging area