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煮豆燃萁

Mandarin · pinyin zhǔ dòu rán qí

burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife

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煮: zhǔ · cook
豆: dòu · beans, peas; bean-shaped; Kangxi radical 151
燃: rán · burn; light fire, ignite
萁: qí · beakstalk, stalks of pulse

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3–4–2–2 · zhu3 dou4 ran2 qi2

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zyu2 dau6 jin4 kei4

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(idiomatic) to have a fratricidal strife; to have a fight between one's own men

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