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自相鱼肉

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4-character word Traditional 自相魚肉

What 自相鱼肉 means

1. butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another
2. internecine strife

The characters in 自相鱼肉

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)