变生肘腋 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 變生肘腋 biànshēngzhǒuyè ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓㄡˇ ㄧㄝˋ lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom) a major coup happening on one's doorstep trouble or danger in one's own backyard Character by character 变(biàn)change 生(shēng)grow 肘(zhǒu)elbow 腋(yè)armpit A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0