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煮豆燃萁
Mandarin · pinyin zhǔ dòu rán qí
Meanings
- burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
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3–4–2–2 · zhu3 dou4 ran2 qi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zyu2 dau6 jin4 kei4
Cantonese word readings for 煮豆燃萁. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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zyu2 dau6 jin4 kei4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to have a fratricidal strife; to have a fight between one's own men
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