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》,[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).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huòqǐxiāoqiáng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠㄑㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁶ hei² siu¹ coeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huòqǐxiāoqiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄠㄑㄧㄤˊ
  - 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

to suffer from internal conflicts (especially civil wars)

References

《論語·季氏》(English)

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[1] 《論語·季氏》(English)