Chinese edit

breast; receive punish; discipline
trad. (膺懲)
simp. (膺惩)

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Verb edit

膺懲

  1. (literary) to subdue by sending armed forces; to wage a punitive expedition; to send troops to suppress

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
よう
Hyōgaiji
ちょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
膺懲 (kyūjitai)

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Noun edit

(よう)(ちょう) (yōchō

  1. chastisement, penalty, punishment

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Verb edit

(よう)(ちょう)する (yōchō surutransitive suru (stem (よう)(ちょう) (yōchō shi), past (よう)(ちょう)した (yōchō shita))

  1. chastise, punish
    暴支(ぼうし)膺懲(ようちょう)
    bōshi yōchō
    Punish China the outrageous
    (This phrase was used during the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945.)

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References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN