兄弟鬩於墻,外禦其侮 xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ

DEFINITIONS

  1. internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)

CHARACTERS

兄 xiōng elder brother
弟 dì young brother; junior; i, me
鬩 xì feud, fight, quarrel
於 yú in, at, on; interjection alas!
墻 qiáng wall
外 wài out, outside, external; foreign
禦 yù defend, resist, hold out against
其 qí his, her, its, their; that
侮 wǔ insult, ridicule, disgrace