Question about the meaning of 内外 I can't figure out the meaning of and the nuance of because of it in the following passage. I think I'm more or less understand the basic concept of and . I also looked through the dictionary and it is written that could mean incide the country and outside. But could the author be talking about the people from family and outsiders in this context with it? One line after it, the author uses the word , that's where I lost it. So is he talking about the other family members, who are the enemies of the stepfather? Or means the situation itself, where his sole daughter has to inherit everything? Fast translation: Being known for his shrewdness, stepfather made lots of enemies (incide the country and outside/from his family and outsiders) > **** ****

can mean the outside and inside of any organization. It can be , , , and so on, depending on the context.

In this example, this is probably or , but if you can't determine, don't worry. sometimes just means 'in many places' or 'everywhere'.