离间 (離間)
lí jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

离间 (離間)
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lí jiàn
  1. to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之间
zhī jiān
  1. 1 between
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 inter-
夜间
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
房间
fáng jiān
  1. 1 room
  2. 2 classifier: 间 jiān
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
时间
shí jiān
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 period
  3. 3 classifier: 段 duàn
期间
qī jiān
  1. 1 period of time
  2. 2 time
  3. 3 time period
  4. 4 period
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不离不弃
bù lí bù qì
  1. 1 to stand by (sb) (idiom)
  2. 2 steadfast loyalty
人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
  1. 1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. 2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
分崩离析
fēn bēng lí xī
  1. 1 to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up
  2. 2 falling to pieces
妻离子散
qī lí zǐ sàn
  1. 1 a family wrenched apart (idiom)

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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