挑灯拨火 — “To instigate trouble”
挑灯拨火 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to instigate trouble”. To sow discord; to fan the flames of an argument.
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挑灯拨火 Pronunciation and Pinyin
挑灯拨火 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 挑灯拨火
他总是喜欢在背后挑灯拨火，制造同事之间的矛盾。
He always enjoys secretly sowing discord, creating conflicts among colleagues.
Idioms Related to 挑灯拨火
Synonyms of 挑灯拨火
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sān三huō豁sì四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 挑灯拨火 mean?
挑灯拨火 (tiǎo dēng bō huǒ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to instigate trouble”.
How do you pronounce 挑灯拨火?
挑灯拨火 is pronounced tiǎo dēng bō huǒ in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 挑灯拨火?
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