讨 (討) tǎo

  1. tǎo verb to seek
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 找 (Guoyu '討' v 6)
  2. tǎo verb to ask for; to beg
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 请求 (Guoyu '討' v 3; Unihan '討')
  3. tǎo verb to demand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 索取 (Guoyu '討' v 2; Unihan '討')
  4. tǎo verb to marry
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 娶 (Guoyu '討' v 5; Unihan '討')
  5. tǎo verb to punish; to go on a punitive expedition
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 征伐 (Guoyu '討' v 1; Durrant, Li, and Schaberg 2016, p. xxii)
  6. tǎo verb to provoke
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 招惹 (Guoyu '討' v 4)
  7. tǎo verb to investigate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 研究 (Guoyu '討' v 7)

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  • 伯讨 (伯討) 鄭伯討立君者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 11
  • 来讨 (來討) 來討 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 9
  • 人讨 (人討) 晉人討不用命者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 8
  • 讨贰 (討貳) 徵會討貳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
  • 讨有罪 (討有罪) 天討有罪 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao — count: 5
  • 君讨 (君討) 故從君討之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
  • 讨卫 (討衛) 晉討衛故也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
  • 未讨 (未討) 賊未討 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
  • 以为讨 (以為討) 齊人以為討而止公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
  • 诸侯讨 (諸侯討) 寡人以諸侯討而戮之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3