同室操戈
tóng​shì​cāo​gē

internecine strife

  • created sense approved 同室操戈 · tóng​shì​cāo​gē · internecine strife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    同室操戈

    tóng​shì​cāo​gē

    internecine strife

    literally wielding the halberd within the household; originally referring to brothers fighting, now used for internal strife within any group or organization

    同 (literal) → 同 · tóng · same 室 (literal) → 室 · shì · family 操戈 (literal) → 操戈 · cāo​gē · to attack

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

    created sense