declare war on a country to punish it for its iniquities

declare war on a country to punish it for its iniquities

Da Zhang TA La, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à zh à NGT à f á, which means to attack or denounce on a large scale. From the book of songs, Shang song, Yin Wu.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: verbal criticism, vigorous denunciation, big fight [antonym]: peaceful coexistence

Idiom usage

If our country is not big enough to denounce, and if we rely on the empty words of other countries to dissuade him, he will be willing to submit! The fourteenth chapter of Zeng Pu's the flowers of the evil sea in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

"The book of songs · Shang song · Yin Wu" said: "beat that Yin Wu, fight against Jingchu."