汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 同室操戈
同室操戈
wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
同室 One family / 操 Pick up / 戈 Ancient weapons / His family used swords and guns / Refers to brothers quarreling / Refers to internal struggles in general
自家人动刀枪。比喻兄弟相残或内部争斗同室操戈,相煎何急?!|同室操戈,只能使亲者痛、仇者快。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

男人奋战到死,他说,“美国人对美国人,同室操戈”。

Men fought to the death, he says, “American against American, kin against kin”.