挑灯拨火

挑燈撥火
tiǎodēngbōhuǒ
  1. to sow discord
  2. to provoke

CEDICT

比喻惹是生非。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 挑灯 tiǎodēng
  1. to light a lamp
  2. to raise a lantern
2 拨 bō
  1. to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
  2. to dial
  3. to allocate
  4. to set aside (money)
  5. to poke (the fire)
  6. to pluck (a string instrument)
  7. to turn round
  8. classifier: group, batch
3 火 huǒ
  1. fire
  2. urgent
  3. ammunition
  4. fiery or flaming
  5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  6. hot (popular)
  7. classifier for military units (old)
  8. Kangxi radical 86

Related entries

挑嘴 tiǎozuǐ to sow discord
调拨 tiáobō to sow discord
播弄 bōnong
  1. to order people about
  2. to stir up
  3. to sow discord
惹 rě
  1. to provoke
  2. to irritate
  3. to vex
  4. to stir up
  5. to anger
  6. to attract (troubles)
  7. to cause (problems)
别惹我了。

Don't get me started.

Don't provoke me.

Source: Tatoeba

惹人 rěrén
  1. to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc)
  2. to offend
  3. to attract (attention)
無論她去哪裡，她都是惹人喜愛的。

Wherever she goes, she is well liked.

Source: Tatoeba

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