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The character "伐" is structurally composed of the radical 亻 denoting a person and the component 戈 representing a weapon, which directly informs its earliest meaning of to strike or attack. Etymologically, this pictographic combination conveyed the act of assaulting with a weapon, and its application extended to military campaigns such as in the term 征伐. Over centuries, the semantic range of "伐" broadened to encompass the felling of trees, as in 伐木, and metaphorically, it developed the sense of boasting or praising one's own deeds, evident in the compound 自伐, where the notion of claiming credit parallels announcing martial victories.
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他们在森林里伐木。
伐木工人每天工作。
为了保护环境，减少伐木。
政府禁止非法伐木。
古代国王经常讨伐邻国。
这场战争是为了讨伐叛乱者。
在历史上，许多帝国通过征伐扩张领土。
环保组织强烈谴责滥伐森林的行为。