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兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮

xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ

10-character word Traditional 兄弟鬩於墻，外禦其侮

What 兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮 means

1. internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)

The characters in 兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮

• 兄xiōngelder brother
• 弟dìyounger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
• 阋xìto argue; to quarrel
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 墙qiángwall; (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被墙
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 御yù(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage…
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 侮wǔto insult; to ridicule; to disgrace