fight up and down the country(nán zhēng běi fá)

fight up and down the country

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n á nzh ē NGB ě if á, means to describe the South and North, experienced many battles. It is also called "South expedition and North expedition". It is also known as "fighting in the South and fighting in the north". It comes from Liu Zongyuan's on feudalism in Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Zongyuan's on feudalism in the Tang Dynasty said that "after the reign of Emperor Xuan, with the virtue of reviving the ancients and the power of expediting the South and the north, he could not decide the heir of marquis Lu."

Idiom story

In 828 B.C., King Li's son Jing ascended the throne and became king Xuan of Zhou. He was determined to restore the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty, abolish the land registration system, carry out some reforms, and sent troops to attack Huaiyi, xurong in the north and Manjing in the south. He made an exception to establish drama as the successor of Duke Wu of Lu, causing civil strife in Lu

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: fight in the South and fight in the North [antonym]: live and work in peace and contentment

Idiom usage

Li Shimin finally ascended the throne after many southern and Northern expeditions.

Chinese PinYin : nán zhēng běi fá