chinh phạt
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punitive expedition
Verb
punitive expedition
2 senses
2 Components
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2 senses
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Details
2 senses
Sense 1
Verb
punitive expedition
Politics & Institutions
The act of sending a military force to suppress a rebellion or to attack another territory.
vi Nhà vua cử quân đội đi chinh phạt các thế lực phản loạn.
en The king sent the army on a punitive expedition against the rebels.
Sense 2
Verb
conquer
To defeat an enemy and gain complete control over their territory through military force.
vi Đạo quân này đã chinh phạt nhiều vùng đất mới.
en This army has conquered many new lands.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
征伐
Candidates by syllable
chinh
征
phạt
伐（罰）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.