骨肉相残
gǔ​ròu​xiāng​cán

internecine strife

  • created reference approved 骨肉相残/骨肉相殘 → 自相残杀/自相殘殺 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骨肉相残 / 骨肉相殘 gǔ​ròu​xiāng​cán

    自相残杀 / 自相殘殺 zì​xiāng​cán​shā

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 骨肉相残/骨肉相殘 · gǔ​ròu​xiāng​cán · internecine strife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骨肉相残 / 骨肉相殘

    gǔ​ròu​xiāng​cán

    internecine strife

    (idiom) family members or close kin slaughtering one another; a metaphor for fighting among one's own people

    骨肉 (literal) → 骨肉 · gǔ​ròu · flesh and blood 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 残 (literal) → 残/殘 · cán · to injure

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

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