蕭牆禍起
xiāo​qiáng​huò​qǐ

trouble breaks out at home

  • created reference approved 萧墙祸起/蕭牆禍起 → 祸发萧墙/禍發蕭牆 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    萧墙祸起 / 蕭牆禍起 xiāo​qiáng​huò​qǐ

    祸发萧墙 / 禍發蕭牆 huò​fā​xiāo​qiáng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 萧墙祸起/蕭牆禍起 · xiāo​qiáng​huò​qǐ · trouble breaks out at home — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    萧墙祸起 / 蕭牆禍起

    xiāo​qiáng​huò​qǐ

    trouble breaks out at home

    (idiom) civil strife or disaster breaks out within one's own internal circle; used to describe trouble originating from within a family, organization, or country

    萧墙 (literal) → 萧墙/蕭牆 · xiāo​qiáng · internal trouble 祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to happen

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

    created sense