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Open the tool →揣歪捏怪 (chuāi wāi niē guài) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to harbor ill intentions and deliberately stir up trouble or fabricate strange incidents; to be mischievous and create problems out of spite”.
揣歪捏怪 is pronounced chuāi wāi niē guài in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 揣歪捏怪 means “to harbor evil and instigate strange mischief”. It is used to mean “to harbor ill intentions and deliberately stir up trouble or fabricate strange incidents; to be mischievous and create problems out of spite”.
捏:挑事。心藏坏意寻机挑起怪事和事端