兄弟阋墙
xiōng​dì​xì​qiáng

internal strife

  • created sense approved 兄弟阋墙/兄弟鬩牆 · xiōng​dì​xì​qiáng · internal strife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兄弟阋墙 / 兄弟鬩牆

    xiōng​dì​xì​qiáng

    internal strife

    (idiom) internecine strife; brothers fighting at home, used to describe internal disputes or fighting among oneself. From a line in the [[诗经|詩經|shi1 jing1]] that says "brothers quarrel inside the walls, but join together to resist outside insults."

    兄弟 (literal) → 兄弟 · xiōng​dì · brothers 阋墙 (literal) → 阋墙/鬩牆 · xì​qiáng · internal strife

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense