北伐

北伐

1. to fight north; to wage a punitive expedition to the north

北伐

1. Short for 北伐戰爭／北伐战争 (Běifá Zhànzhēng, “Northern Expedition”).

   • 十月革命紀念大會，反英大會，北伐勝利總慶祝，每鄉都有上萬的農民舉起大小旗幟，雜以扁擔鋤頭，浩浩蕩蕩，出隊示威。 [MSC, trad.]
     十月革命纪念大会，反英大会，北伐胜利总庆祝，每乡都有上万的农民举起大小旗帜，杂以扁担锄头，浩浩荡荡，出队示威。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shíyuè Gémìng jìniàn dàhuì, fǎn Yīng dàhuì, Běifá shènglì zǒngqìngzhù, měi xiāng dōu yǒu shàngwàn de nóngmín jǔqǐ dàxiǎo qízhì, zá yǐ biǎndan chútou, hàohàodàngdàng, chū duì shìwēi. [Pinyin]

     On the anniversary of the October Revolution, at the time of the anti-British rally and of the great celebrations of the victory of the Northern Expedition, tens of thousands of peasants in every township, holding high their banners, big and small, along with their carrying-poles and hoes, demonstrated in massive, streaming columns

北伐 • (bukbeol) (hangeul 북벌)

1. Hanja form^? of 북벌 (“northern conquest; seventeenth-century Korean plans to attack Qing China; the Northern Expedition”).