攘外安内
rǎng​wài'ān​nèi

resist aggression and pacify the country

  • created sense approved 攘外安内/攘外安內 · rǎng​wài'ān​nèi · resist aggression and pacify the country — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    攘外安内 / 攘外安內

    rǎng​wài'ān​nèi

    resist aggression and pacify the country

    (idiom) to resist foreign aggression and stabilize the internal affairs of the country

    ráng​wài'ān​nèi

    攘 (literal) → 攘 · rǎng · to reject 外 (literal) → 外 · wài · foreign 安 (literal) → 安 · ān · to set at ease 内 (literal) → 内/內 · nèi · inside

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

    created sense