兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
Traditional form:
兄弟鬩於墻,外禦其侮
Pinyin (reading):
xiōngdìxìyúqiáng,wàiyùqíwǔ
Definitions:
- internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
Characters:
- 兄 - elder brother
- 弟 - young brother, junior
- 阋 - feud; to fight, to quarrel
- 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 墙 - wall
- 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
- 御 - chariot; to drive, to ride; to manage
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 侮 - insult, ridicule, disgrace
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