腹心之患
fù​xīn​zhī​huàn

serious internal threat

  • created sense approved 腹心之患 · fù​xīn​zhī​huàn · serious internal threat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    腹心之患

    fù​xīn​zhī​huàn

    serious internal threat

    A serious hidden danger or threat from within; a fatal trouble that comes from the heart of an organization or country.

    腹心 (literal) → 腹心 · fù​xīn · key parts 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 患 (literal) → 患 · huàn · misfortune

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

    created sense