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Character Decomposition
伐=亻+戈
Etymology
A person 亻 attacked 戈
Meanings
to cut down
to fell
to dispatch an expedition against
to attack
to boast
Taiwan pr. fā
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Words with 伐 143 total
Idioms with 伐 37 total Chain
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax · fig. to follow a principle · fig. to act as matchmaker操斧伐柯cāo fǔ fá kē(idiom) to launch an all-out attack · to roundly condemn; to castigate大张挞伐dà zhāng tà fáto be narrowly partisan · to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views党同伐异dǎng tóng fá yìto console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)吊民伐罪diào mín fá zuì