挑拨 (挑撥)
tiǎo bō
Pinyin

Definition

挑拨 (挑撥)
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tiǎo bō
  1. to incite disharmony
  2. to instigate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挑战
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
挑
tiāo
  1. 1 to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to pick
  4. 4 to nitpick
挑剔
tiāo ti
  1. 1 picky
  2. 2 fussy
挑选
tiāo xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to select
百里挑一
bǎi lǐ tiāo yī
  1. 1 one in a hundred
  2. 2 cream of the crop

Idioms (7)

挑拨是非
tiǎo bō shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
挑拨离间
tiǎo bō lí jiàn
  1. 1 to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē
  1. 1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
  3. 3 bullies pick soft targets
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left

Sample Sentences

哼，我们两口子好得很呢，你这个坏蛋，少在这儿挑拨离间！
hèng ，wǒmen liǎngkǒuzi hǎo de hěn ne ，nǐ zhè ge huàidàn ，shǎo zài zhèr tiǎobōlíjiàn ！
Hmmm, we're as thick as thieves, you're the bad egg. You should stop stirring stuff up between us!
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