声讨

聲討
shēngtǎo
verb #33,630

Meanings

  1. 1 to denounce (publicly); to condemn
  2. 2 to issue a public denunciation of

Examples

Quánguó rénmín shēngtǎo zhè zhǒng bàoxíng.
People across the country denounced this atrocity.
Wǎngyǒu fēnfēn zài Wēibó shàng shēngtǎo tā.
Netizens piled on to denounce him on Weibo.

Tips

register
声讨 is heavy register — it implies public, collective, often morally outraged condemnation, not just personal disagreement. Common in news headlines about war crimes, scandals, or social-media pile-ons.
history
The compound dates from classical military usage: 'proclaim publicly' + 'punish/launch a campaign against' — originally describing how a general would issue a public statement of grievances before launching war on a vassal state.

Stroke Order

shēng
tǎo