煮豆燃萁
zhǔ​dòu​rán​qí

fratricidal strife

  • created sense approved 煮豆燃萁 · zhǔ​dòu​rán​qí · fratricidal strife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    煮豆燃萁

    zhǔ​dòu​rán​qí

    fratricidal strife

    burning beanstalks to cook the beans; used to describe siblings fighting or internal conflict within a group

    煮 (literal) → 煮 · zhǔ · to boil 豆 (literal) → 豆 · dòu · bean 燃 (literal) → 燃 · rán · to burn 萁 (bound) → 萁 · qí · bean stalks

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

    created sense