To use someone with a distant relationship to sow discord or alienate those who are close; to drive a wedge between intimates by an outsider.
那个新来的同事总是说些挑拨离间的话，试图以疏间亲，破坏大家和睦的关系。
That new colleague always says provocative things, trying to sow discord between close friends and disrupt everyone's harmonious relationships.
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