攘外安内 — Chinese idiom
攘外安内
rǎng wài ān nèi
Traditional: 攘外安內
Meaning
- to resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country
Character by character
- 攘rǎngto usurp, to seize; to repel
- 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition
- 安ānpeaceful, tranquil, quiet
- 内nèiinside
Idioms sharing a character
- 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
- 熙来攘往 xī lái rǎng wǎng
- 熙熙攘攘 xī xī rǎng rǎng
- 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
- 付之度外 fù zhī dù wài
- 内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn
- 内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn
- 出乎意外 chū hū yì wài
- 出人意外 chū rén yì wài
- 古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài
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