南征北讨

Traditional: 南征北討

nán zhēng běi tǎo

Dictionary entry

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

What does 南征北讨 mean?

南征北讨 (nán zhēng běi tǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

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南Nánsurname Nan 征zhēngjourney · trip 北běinorth · (classical) to be defeated 讨tǎoto invite · to provoke

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南征北讨

nán zhēng běi tǎo

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