挑拨是非 — Chinese idiom
挑拨是非
tiǎo bō shì fēi
Traditional: 挑撥是非
Meaning
- to incite a quarrel ; to sow discord between people
- to tell tales
- to make mischief
Character by character
- 挑tiǎoto select, to choose; picky, choosy; a load
- 拨bōto stir, to move, to distribute, to allocate
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
Idioms sharing a character
- 挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn
- 挑灯夜战 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
- 挑肥拣瘦 tiāo féi jiǎn shòu
- 目挑心招 mù tiǎo xīn zhāo
- 拨云见日 bō yún jiàn rì
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
- 一身是胆 yī shēn shì dǎn
- 似是而非 sì shì ér fēi
- 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì
- 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi
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