internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
trad. 兄弟鬩於墻，外禦其侮
Also written 兄弟鬩於墻，外禦其侮【xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ】
Characters in this word
9兄
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elder brother
- Pinyin
- xiōng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 21692 of 2500
弟
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younger brother, junior male, I (modest word in letter)
- Pinyin
- dì
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 14766 of 2500
阋
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to argue, to quarrel
- Pinyin
- xì
- Traditional
- 鬩
- Strokes
- 11
于
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 631 of 2500
墙
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variant of 牆|墙[qiang2]
- Pinyin
- qiáng
- Traditional
- 墻
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 3731 of 2500
外
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outside, in addition, foreign, external
- Pinyin
- wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2016 of 2500
御
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(bound form) imperial; royal, (literary) to drive (a carriage), (literary) to manage; to govern
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 20424 of 2500
其
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his, her, its, their, that, such, it (refers to sth preceding it)
- Pinyin
- qí
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1145 of 2500
侮
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to insult, to ridicule, to disgrace
- Pinyin
- wǔ
- Strokes
- 9