煮豆燃萁 zhǔ dòu rán qí

fight within a family; harm one’s own side

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
煮 zhǔ HSK 5
to cook; to boil; variant of 煮zhǔ
豆 dòu HSK 5
bean; pea; variant of 豆dòu
燃 rán HSK 5
to burn; to ignite; to light
萁 qí
stalks of pulse