{"path":"/entry/10300","title":"兄弟阋墙 / 兄弟鬩牆 (xiōng dì xì qiáng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"兄弟阋墙 / 兄弟鬩牆 (xiōng dì xì qiáng): internecine strife (idiom) · fighting among oneself. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":10300,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["兄弟阋墙"],"TRADITIONAL":["兄弟鬩牆"]}},"phonetic":"xiōng dì xì qiáng","phoneticKey":"xiong1 di4 xi4 qiang2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"internecine strife ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"fighting among oneself","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"brothers quarrelling inside the walls","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Classic of Poetry, poem 164 (《詩經·小雅·常棣》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"兄弟阋于墙，外御其务。\n每有良朋，蒸也无戎。","traditional":"兄弟鬩于牆，外禦其務。\n每有良朋，蒸也無戎。"},"phonetic":"Xiōngdì xì yú qiáng, wài yù qí wǔ.\nMěi yǒu liángpéng, zhēng yě wú róng.","english":"Brothers may quarrel inside the walls,\nBut they will oppose insult from without.\nWhen friends, however good they may be,\nWill not afford help.","ref":"The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}