Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「安內攘外」 and its usage.
Discover the idiom 「安內攘外」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Originally in terms of the efficacy of the medicine. The latter mostly refers to stabilizing internal affairs and eliminating external threats.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
ān nèi rǎng wài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
on1 noi6 yeung4 ngoi6
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