搬弄是非 — Chinese idiom
搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi
Meaning
- to incite a quarrel ; to sow discord between people
- to tell tales
- to make mischief
Character by character
- 搬bānto move, to remove, to shift, to transfer
- 弄nòngto do; to mock, to tease; to play with
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
Idioms sharing a character
- 搬唇递舌 bān chún dì shé
- 搬砖砸脚 bān zhuān zá jiǎo
- 含饴弄孙 hán yí nòng sūn
- 弄假成真 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
- 弄嘴弄舌 nòng zuǐ nòng shé
- 弄虚作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ
- 搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
- 班门弄斧 Bān mén nòng fǔ
- 舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò
- 装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
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