[ zhǔdòuránjī ] boil beans with beanstalks -- reference to a fight among brothers; fight against one's own men; a quarrel among brothers in the same family; fratricidal strife; internecine fight; a house divided against itself; burn beanstalk to cook beans -- fratricidal strife; make a fire of beanstalks for boiling beans -- fraternal persecution; try to slay one's kin
