idiom > Things in screen wall facing the gate of a Chinese house , , interior
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事在萧墙
Pinyin: shì zài xiāo qiáng

Explanation: 谓祸乱出自内部。事,变故;萧墙,宫室内当门的小墙。语出《论语·季氏》:“吾恐季孙之忧,不在颛臾,而在萧墙之内也。”

Source: 语出《论语·季氏》吾恐季孙之忧,不在颛臾,而在萧墙之内也。”

Example: 衅起他族,~。★唐·李公佐《南柯太守传》

That bring disaster from within
  That bring disaster from within. Things, misfortune; Xiao Qiang, Gong room when the door of the small wall. A phrase from the "Analects of Confucius Chi Family": "I fear for fear of Ji Sun, not Chuan Yu, also in somewhere within its walls." Tang Li Gong Zuo "NanKe Prefect Biography": "Troubles from his family, something in the Xiao Qiang. "
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  【成语】事在萧墙
  【发音】shì zài xiāo qiáng
  【解释】谓祸乱出自内部。事,变故;萧墙,宫室内当门的小墙。
  【出处】语出《论语·季氏》:“吾恐季孙之忧,不在颛臾,而在萧墙之内也。”
  【示例】衅起他族,~。 ★唐·李公佐《南柯太守传》
  【用法】作谓语、宾语、定语;指内乱。