恶虎难斗肚里蛇 惡虎難鬥肚里蛇 惡虎難鬥肚里蛇

a fierce tiger can hardly fight the snake inside its belly

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Internal troubles are the hardest to deal with, harder than any outside enemy.
Simplified
恶虎难斗肚里蛇
Traditional (Taiwan)
惡虎難鬥肚里蛇
Pinyin
è hǔ nán dòu dùlǐ shé
Bopomofo
ㄜˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄡˋ ㄉㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕㄜˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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