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变生肘腋

biàn shēng zhǒu yè

4-character word Traditional 變生肘腋

What 变生肘腋 means

1. lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
2. trouble or danger in one's own backyard

The characters in 变生肘腋

• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder
• 腋yè(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil