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brothers fight at home; internal dispute; quarrel between brothers

Word usage

xiōng dì xì qiáng

兄 弟 阋 墙

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derogbrothers fight at home; internal dispute; quarrel between brothers
- xiōng dì xì qiáng zhǐ néng wéi tā rén suǒ chèn
  兄弟阋墙，只能为他人所趁。
  Quarrelling brothers could only play into the hands of outsiders.
synonym
tóng shì cāo gē同室操戈 gǔ ròu xiāng cán骨肉相残 zhǔ dòu rán qí煮豆燃萁 chǐ bù dǒu sù尺布斗粟

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Note
"阋" cannot be pronounced as "ní".

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