煽风点火 — Chinese idiom
煽风点火
shān fēng diǎn huǒ
Traditional: 煽風點火
Meaning
- to fan the flames
- to incite people
- to stir up trouble
Character by character
- 煽shānto stir up, to incite; to agitate, to provoke
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 点diǎndot, point, speck
- 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
Idioms sharing a character
- 一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn
- 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
- 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
- 伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú
- 光风霁月 guāng fēng jì yuè
- 两袖清风 liǎng xiù qīng fēng
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
- 呼风唤雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ
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