內憂外患

Chinese

			external disaster; foreign aggression; aggression from abroad
trad. (內憂外患)		內憂	外患
simp. (内忧外患)		内忧	外患

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèiyōuwàihuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄧㄡ ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ jau¹ ngoi⁶ waan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèiyōuwàihuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄧㄡ ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèiyouwàihuàn
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴-yu¹-wai⁴-huan⁴
    • Yale: nèi-yōu-wài-hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neyiouwayhuann
    • Palladius: нэйювайхуань (nɛjjuvajxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ jau¹ ngoi⁶ waan⁶
    • Yale: noih yāu ngoih waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ jau¹ ngoi⁶ waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ yeo¹ ngoi⁶ wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² jɐu̯⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²² waːn²²/

Idiom

內憂外患

1. (of a country) internal and external troubles; internal upheaval and external invasions