ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
make use of inside assistance for an attack from outside
里应外合捣毁匪巢
use inside assistance to attack a bandit's lair
这起抢劫一定是里应外合。
Someone on the inside must have helped with the robbery.
他们里应外合,把时局搞得乌烟瘴气。
Working in collusion, one from within and the other from without, they created pandemonium.
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- Note1."应" cannot be pronounced as "yīng" in "里应外合"; 2."合" cannot be written as "和".