挑拨离间 — “To sow discord”
挑拨离间 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to sow discord”. To create dissension; to set people against each other. Literally, “provoke estrangement”.
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挑拨离间 Pronunciation and Pinyin
挑拨离间 Character Breakdown
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他们之间本来关系很好，却被小王几句挑拨离间的话搞得形同陌路。
Their relationship was originally very good, but a few words from Xiao Wang sowing discord and creating dissension made them strangers.
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Antonyms of 挑拨离间
More idioms starting with 挑
- tiāo挑sān三xián嫌sì四to be overly picky and find fault
- tiāo挑sān三jiǎn拣sì四overly particular or fussy
- tiāo挑sān三bō拨sì四sow discord and stir up trouble
- tiāo挑sān三jiǎn检sì四overly picky and fastidious
- tiǎo挑sān三wō窝sì四sow discord and stir up trouble
- tiāo挑yāo么tiāo挑liù六to be picky and find fault
- tiǎo挑chún唇liào料zuǐ嘴bicker noisily over trivial matters
- tiǎo挑dà大liáng梁bear the main responsibility
- tiāo挑zì字yǎn眼er儿nitpick over words
- tiāo挑yāo幺tiāo挑liù六to be excessively picky
- tiǎo挑dé得lán篮lǐ里biàn便shì是cài菜take whatever is available
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What does 挑拨离间 mean?
挑拨离间 (tiǎo bō lí jiàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to sow discord”.
How do you pronounce 挑拨离间?
挑拨离间 is pronounced tiǎo bō lí jiàn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 挑拨离间 literally mean?
Literally, 挑拨离间 means “provoke estrangement”. It is used to mean “to sow discord”.
What is the Chinese definition of 挑拨离间?
搬弄是非，使别人不团结。