肘腋之患
zhǒu​yè​zhī​huàn

trouble at one's elbow

  • created sense approved 肘腋之患 · zhǒu​yè​zhī​huàn · trouble at one's elbow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肘腋之患

    zhǒu​yè​zhī​huàn

    trouble at one's elbow

    trouble or danger coming from those closest to oneself or from within one's inner circle

    zhǒu​yì​zhī​huàn

    肘腋 (literal) → 肘腋 · zhǒu​yè · elbow and armpit 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 患 (literal) → 患 · huàn · misfortune

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

    created sense