激将法 (激將法)
jī jiàng fǎ
Pinyin
Definition
激将法 (激將法)
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- indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to provoke
- 2 to irritate
- 3 to upset
- 4 to stimulate
- 5 to excite
- 6 irritant
- 1 to be grateful
- 2 to appreciate
- 3 thankful
Idioms (20)
以言代法
- 1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法,以权压法
- 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
- 2 Might makes right.
以身试法
- 1 to challenge the law (idiom)
- 2 to knowingly violate the law
和尚打伞,无法无天
- 1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
- 2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
- 3 lawless
执法如山
- 1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly