to resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country (idiom)
trad. 攘外安內
Also written 攘外安內【rǎng wài ān nèi】
Characters in this word
4攘
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(literary) to push up one's sleeves, (literary) to reject; to resist, (literary) to seize; to steal, (literary) to perturb, Taiwan pr. [rang2]
- Pinyin
- rǎng
- Strokes
- 20
外
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outside, in addition, foreign, external
- Pinyin
- wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2016 of 2500
安
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surname An
- Pinyin
- Ān
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1756 of 2500
内
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inside, inner, internal, within, interior
- Pinyin
- nèi
- Traditional
- 內
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 744 of 2500