禍生肘腋
huò​shēng​zhǒu​yè

danger from within

  • created sense approved 祸生肘腋/禍生肘腋 · huò​shēng​zhǒu​yè · danger from within — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    祸生肘腋 / 禍生肘腋

    huò​shēng​zhǒu​yè

    danger from within

    misfortune or disaster arising from one's immediate circle or very close surroundings

    祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to give rise to 肘腋 (literal) → 肘腋 · zhǒu​yè · elbow and armpit

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

    created sense