窝里斗 (窩裡鬥)
wō li dòu
Pinyin

Definition

窝里斗 (窩裡鬥)
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wō li dòu
  1. internal strife (family, group, etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

哪里
nǎ lǐ
  1. 1 where?
  2. 2 somewhere
  3. 3 anywhere
  4. 4 wherever
  5. 5 nowhere (negative answer to question)
  6. 6 humble expression denying compliment
里
lǐ
  1. 1 lining
  2. 2 interior
  3. 3 inside
  4. 4 internal
  5. 5 also written 裏|里[lǐ]
里面
lǐ miàn
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 interior
  3. 3 also pr. [lǐ mian]
这里
zhè lǐ
  1. 1 here
嘴里
zuǐ lǐ
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 in the mouth
  3. 3 on one's lips
  4. 4 speech
  5. 5 words

Idioms (20)

二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
两虎相斗
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu
  1. 1 two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
  2. 2 a battle of the giants
两虎相斗，必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
勾心斗角
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
  1. 1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
  2. 2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined

Sample Sentences

不只这样，她还要我给大家打分数。我只是个程序员啊，这不是想让我们窝里斗吗？
bùzhǐ zhèyàng ，tā hái yào wǒ gěi dàjiā dǎ fēnshù 。wǒ zhǐshì ge chéngxùyuán a ，zhè búshi xiǎng ràng wǒmen wōlidòu ma ？
Not only that, she also wants me to assign a grade to everyone. I'm just a programmer. She clearly wants to start an internal strife!
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