| 北 |
Běi fá | the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords |
| 北 |
běi | north / (classical) to be defeated |
| 伐 |
fá | to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1] |