盎盂相敲

àngyúxiāngqiāo
(idiom) to quarrel

CEDICT

盎、盂，古时两种盛器。盎盂相敲比喻家人争吵，发生口角。《聊斋志异．卷一一．青蛙神》：「且盎盂相敲，皆臣所为，无所涉于父母。」也作「盎盂相繫」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 盎 àng
  1. (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth
  2. (literary) brimming; abundant
2 盂 yú
  1. basin
  2. wide-mouthed jar or pot
3 相 xiāng
  1. each other
  2. one another
  3. mutually
  4. fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 pípa (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品 pǐn)
4 敲 qiāo
  1. to hit
  2. to strike
  3. to tap
  4. to rap
  5. to knock
  6. to rip sb off
  7. to overcharge

Related entries

反目 fǎnmù
  1. to quarrel
  2. to fall out with sb
吵 chǎo
  1. to quarrel
  2. to make a noise
  3. noisy
  4. to disturb by making a noise
這兒蠻吵的。

There's a lot of noise here.

Source: Tatoeba

吵嘴 chǎozuǐ to quarrel
吵架 chǎojià
  1. to quarrel
  2. to have a row
  3. quarrel

classifier: 頓

他们吵架了。

They quarreled.

Source: Tatoeba

嘎啦 gála to quarrel (Northeastern Mandarin)
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