xiāo​qiáng

screen wall

萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo​qiáng
screen wall
(literary) a low screen wall standing inside the gate of a palace in traditional Chinese architecture; used to shield the interior from view
home
(literary) used figuratively to refer to one's internal affairs, the inside of a house, or one's own side or group
internal trouble
(literary) used metaphorically to refer to internal strife or domestic conflict, as in the idiom 祸起萧墙 huò​qǐ​xiāo​qiáng

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