萧墙祸起 xiāoqiánghuòqǐ trouble breaks out at home Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 萧墙 蕭牆 xiāoqiáng internal trouble (literary) used metaphorically to refer to internal strife or domestic conflict, as in the idiom 祸起萧墙 huòqǐxiāoqiáng祸 禍 huò noun disaster misfortune; calamity; disaster; opposite of 福 fú起 qǐ verbparticle to happen to occur; to appear; to arise; to break out (of skin conditions, rashes, or blisters)