Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「同室操戈」.
The idiom 「同室操戈」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
Tongshi: one family, referring to one’s own people; Cao: take up; Ge: ancient weapon. Their own family members used knives and guns. Refers to a quarrel between brothers. Generally refers to internal struggles.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tóng shì cāo gē
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tung4 sat1 chou1 gwo1
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