挾細拿粗

挟细拿粗
xiéxìnácū
to provoke

CEDICT

比喻尋是非、找麻煩。元．關漢卿《魯齋郎．第三折》：「倚仗著惡黨凶徒，害良民肆生淫慾，誰敢向他行挾細拿粗，逞刁頑。」也作「拿粗挾細」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 挾 xié
  1. (bound form) to clasp under the arm
  2. (bound form) to coerce
  3. (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc)
  4. Taiwan pr. xiá
2 細 xì
  1. thin or slender
  2. finely particulate
  3. thin and soft
  4. fine
  5. delicate
  6. trifling
  7. (of a sound) quiet
  8. frugal
=3 拿 ná old variant of 拿 ná
=3 拿 ná variant of 拿 ná
=3 拿 ná
  1. to hold
  2. to seize
  3. to catch
  4. to apprehend
  5. to take
  6. (used in the same way as 把 bǎ: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
=4 粗 cū
  1. (of sth long) wide; thick
  2. (of sth granular) coarse
  3. (of a voice) gruff
  4. (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude
=4 粗 cū variant of 粗 cū
=4 粗 cū
  1. remote; distant
  2. variant of 粗 cū

Related entries

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

挑起 tiǎoqǐ
  1. to provoke
  2. to stir up
  3. to incite
他挑起爭議性高的話題，製造紛爭。

He sows discord by raising controversial subjects.

Source: Tatoeba

挑逗 tiǎodòu
  1. to provoke
  2. to entice
  3. to lure
  4. to tantalize
  5. to tease
  6. to titillate
撩惹 liáorě
  1. to provoke
  2. to tease
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