吊民伐罪 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to console the people by punishing the tyrants

Character by character

• 吊diàoto condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang
• 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
• 伐fácut down, subjugate, attack
• 罪zuìsin, vice; fault, guilt; crime

Idioms sharing a character

• 形影相吊 xíng yǐng xiāng diào
• 提心吊胆 tí xīn diào dǎn
• 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
• 削职为民 xuē zhí wéi mín
• 劳民伤财 láo mín shāng cái
• 升斗小民 shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
• 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
• 国泰民安 guó tài mín ān
• 国计民生 guó jì mín shēng
• 官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn

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