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大兴问罪之师

dà xīng wèn zuì zhī shīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to launch a punitive campaign / to condemn scathingly
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3782761e2e095801. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大興問罪之師 大兴问罪之师 [da4 xing1 wen4 zui4 zhi1 shi1] /to launch a punitive campaign/to condemn scathingly/

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Other forms in these source records: 大興問罪之師

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 兴
    xīng

    to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

    xìng

    feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

    Xīng

    surname Xing

  • 问
    wèn

    to ask / to inquire

  • 罪
    zuì

    guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin / variant of 罪[zuì], crime

  • 之
    zhī

    (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it

  • 师
    shī

    teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops

    Shī

    surname Shi

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.