祸发萧墙 huòfāxiāoqiáng internal strife Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 祸 禍 huò noun disaster misfortune; calamity; disaster; opposite of 福 fú发 發 fā verb to happen To occur; to take place; to come into existence萧墙 蕭牆 xiāoqiáng internal trouble (literary) used metaphorically to refer to internal strife or domestic conflict, as in the idiom 祸起萧墙 huòqǐxiāoqiáng