biàn shēng zhǒu yè

Traditional: 變生肘腋

变生肘腋 (biàn shēng zhǒu yè) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep; trouble or danger in one's own backyard”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
  2. 2trouble or danger in one's own backyard

Characters in 变生肘腋

变biàn · to change生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born肘zhǒu · elbow腋yè · armpit

Related words

先生teacher发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner变to change改变to change变成to change into生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday生意life force

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