家賊難防
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Chinese[edit]
thief within a house or family; undiscovered traitor | disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
to protect; to defend; to guard (against) | ||
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trad. (家賊難防) | 家賊 | 難 | 防 | |
simp. (家贼难防) | 家贼 | 难 | 防 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
家賊難防
- it is difficult to guard against a thief within one's house; bad people from within are the most difficult to guard against