禍起蕭牆

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Chinese

disaster to rise; to raise; to get up screen wall facing the gate of a traditional Chinese house
trad. (禍起蕭牆) 蕭牆
simp. (祸起萧墙) 萧墙

Etymology

From 《論語·季氏》,[1] wherein Confucius commented on the Ji family, which was waging a civil war within the state of Lu, saying that they would find their misfortune within "the screen of their own court" (蕭牆).

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Verb

禍起蕭牆

  1. to suffer from internal conflicts (especially civil wars)

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