武王伐纣

武
武
王
王
伐
伐
纣
紂
King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]

Characters and words in 武王伐纣

武
wǔ = w + Ø3
surname Wu
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武
wǔ = w + Ø3
martial / military
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王
wáng = w + ang2
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
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王
wàng = w + ang4
to rule / to reign over
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伐
fá = f + a2
to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1]
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纣
紂
zhòu = zh + ou4
(bound form) Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)
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纣
紂
zhòu = zh + ou4
crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
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