共产党就是心腹大患
“the Communist Party will become a major threat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果他们不收敛
“If they don't restrain themselves,”
共产党 就是 心腹大患
“the Communist Party will become a major threat.”
顾长官和韩主席
“Officer Gu and Chairman Han”
“Stop underestimating them; they will destroy us from within if we do not strike now.”
In classical Chinese rhetoric, threats to the 'heart and abdomen' (xinfu) represent existential dangers that threaten survival from the very inside, far deadlier than superficial skin wounds.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a mortal danger from within; a major hidden threat
A formal idiom used to describe an enemy or danger posing an existential threat to one's core interests.