挑拨是非 — Chinese idiom

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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