武王伐紂 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 武王伐纣 wǔwángfázhòu ㄨˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˊ ㄓㄡˋ King Wu of Zhou 周武王 zhōuwǔwáng overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商纣王 shāngzhòuwáng Character by character 武(wǔ)surname Wu 王(wáng)surname Wang 伐(fá)cut down 紂(zhòu)Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商纣王 shāngzhòuwáng A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0