common
literary

Meaning of

檄 means official military dispatch; urgent call to arms; to publicly denounce via official document. Pronounced xí.

  • official military dispatch; urgent call to arms
  • to publicly denounce via official document

Character Info

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Definitions & Examples

dài
jūn
duì
chū
zhēng
shí
cháng
huì
zhào
yuán
bīng
 

In ancient times, troops often issued feathered dispatches to summon reinforcements when going to war.

Zhè
fēng
chuán
zhe
biān
jìng
gào
de
jūn
qíng
 

This feathered dispatch carried the urgent military situation from the border.

shǐ
shàng
hěn
duō
wén
rén
dōu
céng
zhuàn
xiě
guò
wén
 

Many scholars in history have written official dispatches for military or political purposes.

Dāng
nián
de
tǎo
zéi
wén
chuán
biàn
le
quán
guó
 

The official denunciation document against the traitor spread across the entire country back then.

Biān
sài
de
shào
bīng
kuài
jiā
biān
chuán
 

Sentries at the border sent the feathered dispatch on fast horses.