弔民伐罪 diào mín fá zuì

DEFINITIONS

  1. to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)

CHARACTERS

弔 diào condole, mourn, pity; hang
民 mín
HSK 4
people, subjects, citizens
伐 fá
HSK 6
cut down, subjugate, attack
罪 zuì
HSK 6
crime, sin, vice; evil; hardship