resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ǎ NGW à I ā NN è I, originally in terms of the curative effect of the medicine; later, it mostly refers to stabilizing the internal, excluding foreign trouble. From treatise on Febrile Diseases on Taiyang disease.
Idiom explanation
I: exclude.
The origin of Idioms
In Treatise on Febrile Diseases on Taiyang disease by Zhang Zhongjing of Han Dynasty: "Gancao Ganping has the ability of calming the internal and resisting the external."
Idiom usage
It refers to dealing with internal and external relations. Guan Zhong has made great contributions to the peace and stability of the outside world. The wild old man's exposed words by Xia Jingqu in the Qing Dynasty volume 72
resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior
put a round peg in a square hole - fāng ruì huán záo
humble oneself in serving a master - dī tóu hā yāo
expose a cut-off head to public view as a warning to - xiāo shǒu shì zhòng
a flying moth darts into the fire - fēi é pū huǒ
extraordinary as if done by the spirits - shén gōng guǐ lì
people 's feelings change with the circumstances - qíng suí shì qiān