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同室操戈
Mandarin · pinyin tóng shì cāo gē
Meanings
- wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
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2–4–1–1 · tong2 shi4 cao1 ge1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tung4 sat1 cou1 gwo1
Cantonese word readings for 同室操戈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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tung4 sat1 cou1 gwo1
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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phrase
- (of siblings) to fight one another
- (idiomatic) to fight each other who is in the same group; to have internal conflict or strife
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