









伐罪吊民 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to punish those who commit wrongs or tyrannical acts and provide relief and solace to the common people; often invoked to justify a righteous cause or action”. Literally, “Punish the guilty and comfort the people”.

Create PNGs with pinyin, highlight character parts or remove strokes
Open the tool →
Picture and word Bingo for your class
Open the tool →
Printable tracing sheets with a QR learning companion
Open the tool →
Chinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets
Open the tool →伐罪吊民 (fá zuì diào mín) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to punish those who commit wrongs or tyrannical acts and provide relief and solace to the common people; often invoked to justify a righteous cause or action”.
伐罪吊民 is pronounced fá zuì diào mín in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 伐罪吊民 means “Punish the guilty and comfort the people”. It is used to mean “to punish those who commit wrongs or tyrannical acts and provide relief and solace to the common people; often invoked to justify a righteous cause or action”.
伐:讨伐。吊:慰问。讨伐有罪,拯救百姓。常用以作为发动战争的口号。