煮豆燃萁 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• burning beanstalks to cook the beans ; to cause internecine strife

Character by character

• 煮zhǔto boil, to cook
• 豆dòubeans, peas; bean-shaped
• 燃ránto ignite, to burn; combustion
• 萁qípulses, legumes

Idioms sharing a character

• 豆蔻年华 dòu kòu nián huá
• 死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán
• 燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí

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