南征北讨 nán zhēng běi tǎo

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
南 nán HSK 3
south; surname Nan
征 zhēng HSK 5
to levy (taxes); to recruit; to draft (troops)
北 běi HSK 1
north; (classical) to be defeated
讨 tǎo HSK 4
to demand or ask for; to provoke; to discuss or study