兴妖作怪 — Chinese idiom
兴妖作怪
xīng yāo zuò guài
Traditional: 興妖作怪
Meaning
- lit. to summon demons to create havoc
- fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble
Character by character
- 兴xīngto thrive, to prosper, to flourish
- 妖yāostrange, weird, supernatural; bewitching, enchanti
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 怪guàiunusual, strange, peculiar
Idioms sharing a character
- 人丁兴旺 rén dīng xīng wàng
- 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
- 多难兴邦 duō nàn xīng bāng
- 方兴未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ
- 方兴未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài
- 望洋兴叹 wàng yáng xīng tàn
- 百废俱兴 bǎi fèi jù xīng
- 百废待兴 bǎi fèi dài xīng
- 兴利除弊 xīng lì chú bì
- 兴灭继绝 xīng miè jì jué
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