禍起蕭牆

Chinese

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

Etymology

From 《論語·季氏》, 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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòqǐxiāoqiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ hei² siu¹ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòqǐxiāoqiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòcǐsiaociáng
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-chʻi³-hsiao¹-chʻiang²
    • Yale: hwò-chǐ-syāu-chyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohchiishiauchyang
    • Palladius: хоцисяоцян (xocisjaocjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁶ hei² siu¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: woh héi sīu chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁶ hei² siu¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁶ héi² xiu¹ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²² hei̯³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Verb

禍起蕭牆

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