nèi​yōu​wài​huàn

domestic strife and foreign aggression

内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi​yōu​wài​huàn
domestic strife and foreign aggression
internal trouble and outside aggression, usually referring to a nation facing both internal rebellion and external invasion
beset by difficulties
metaphorically used to describe an individual or organization facing both internal disputes and external pressures

Frequency

Written text
0.538 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)