兄弟鬩牆

Chinese

		brother; brethren; brothers and sisters brother; brethren; brothers and sisters; siblings
trad. (兄弟鬩牆)		兄弟	鬩牆
simp. (兄弟阋墙)		兄弟	阋墙
Literally: “brothers quarrelling inside the walls”.

Etymology

From Shijing:

兄弟鬩于牆，外禦其務。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

兄弟阋于墙，外御其务。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Xiōngdì xì yú qiáng, wài yù qí wù. [Pinyin]

Brothers may quarrel inside the walls,
But they will oppose insult from without.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiōngdìxìqiáng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ dai⁶ jik¹ coeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngdìxìqiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syongdìsìciáng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-ti⁴-hsi⁴-chʻiang²
  - Yale: syūng-dì-syì-chyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongdihshihchyang
  - Palladius: сйундисицян (sjundisicjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjʊŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ dai⁶ jik¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: hīng daih yīk chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ dai⁶ jik⁷ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ dei⁶ yig¹ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²² jɪk̚⁵ t͡ʃʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

兄弟鬩牆

(figurative) internal dispute

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