內憂外困
nèi​yōu​wài​kùn

troubles at home and abroad

  • created sense approved 内忧外困/內憂外困 · nèi​yōu​wài​kùn · troubles at home and abroad — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    内忧外困 / 內憂外困

    nèi​yōu​wài​kùn

    troubles at home and abroad

    (idiom) beset by internal difficulties and external pressure; in a mess both domestically and internationally

    内忧 (literal) → 内忧/內憂 · nèi​yōu · domestic troubles 外 (literal) → 外 · wài · outside 困 (literal) → 困 · kùn · to be stranded

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

    created sense