武王伐紂

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

surname Wu

martial / military

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

to rule / to reign over

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

(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)

crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)