fall because of internal strife
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is y ú L à NQ à w á ng, which means that the rotten fish comes from the inside and refers to the rotten fish from the inside. From the history of China's national debt.
The origin of Idioms
Liang Qichao's "history of China's national debt" said: "that is to say, the interference of foreign creditors, while the weather of fish rotting to death, is still in a precarious state."
Analysis of Idioms
Fish rotten to death
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.
fall because of internal strife
scratch one 's ears and cheeks in embarrassment - juē ěr náo sāi
wait at one 's ease for the fatigued - yǐ yì jī láo
swallow humiliation and bear a heavy load - rěn rǔ fù zhòng