| 变生肘腋 |
biàn shēng zhǒu yè |
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard |
| 变 |
biàn |
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 肘 |
zhǒu |
elbow / pork shoulder |
| 肘腋 |
zhǒu yè |
lit. armpit / elbow and armpit / fig. right up close (to a disaster) / in one's backyard / on one's doorstep |
| 腋 |
yè |
armpit / (biology) axilla / (botany) axil / Taiwan pr. [yi4] |