煮豆燃萁

burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife

variant of 煮[zhu3]

to cook / to boil

variant of 豆[dou4]

bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel

to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)

stalks of pulse