北伐 [－－]

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Pinyin běi fā

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to fight north; to wage a punitive expedition to the north

北伐 [－－]

Jyutping bak1 fat6
Pinyin běi fá

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to fight north; to wage a punitive expedition to the north
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    北伐战争的经验是应该学习的，但是不应该刻板地抄用，因为我们现时战争的情况已经变化了。
    北伐戰爭的經驗是應該學習的，但是不應該刻板地抄用，因為我們現時戰爭的情況已經變化了。
    běi fá zhàn zhēng de jīng yàn shì yīng gāi xué xí de ， dàn shì bù yīng gāi kè bǎn de chāo yòng ， yīn wèi wǒ men xiàn shí zhàn zhēng de qíng kuàng yǐ jīng biàn huà le ．
    • While the experience of the Northern Expedition should be studied, it should not be copied and applied mechanically, because the circumstances of our present war are different.
  2. Mandarin
    我们应该学习它，具体地说，学北伐战争的长驱直进和夺取大城市。
    我們應該學習它，具體地説，學北伐戰爭的長驅直進和奪取大城市。
    wǒ men yīng gāi xué xí tā ， jù tǐ de shuō ， xué běi fá zhàn zhēng de cháng qū zhí jìn hé duó qǔ dà chéng shì ．
    • We must learn from it, or, to put it more concretely, we must imitate the Northern Expedition in driving straight ahead to seize the big cities.