调三窝四 — Chinese idiom
调三窝四
tiáo sān wō sì
Traditional: 調三窩四
Meaning
- to sow the seeds of discord everywhere
Character by character
- 调tiáotune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
- 三sānthree
- 窝wōcave, den, nest; hiding place; measure word for sm
- 四sìfour
Idioms sharing a character
- 单调乏味 dān diào fá wèi
- 怪腔怪调 guài qiāng guài diào
- 洋腔洋调 yáng qiāng yáng diào
- 众口难调 zhòng kǒu nán tiáo
- 老调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán
- 旧调重弹 jiù diào chóng tán
- 调兵遣将 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng
- 调嘴学舌 tiáo zuǐ xué shé
- 调虎离山 diào hǔ lí shān
- 风调雨顺 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn
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