huò​qǐ​xiāo​qiáng

internal strife

祸起萧墙 禍起蕭牆 huò​qǐ​xiāo​qiáng
internal strife
Trouble or disaster originating from within one's own group or family, referring to internal conflict rather than outside threats, from a passage in the Analects referring to a screen wall inside a palace 萧墙 xiāo​qiáng

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0.060 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.063 per million

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