to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief
trad. 挑撥是非
Also written 挑撥是非【tiǎo bō shì fēi】
Characters in this word
4挑
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to carry on a shoulder pole, to choose, to pick, to nitpick
- Pinyin
- tiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2886 of 2500
拨
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to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc, to dial, to allocate, to set aside (money), to poke (the fire), to pluck (a string instrument), to turn round, classifier: group, batch
- Pinyin
- bō
- Traditional
- 撥
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8674 of 2500
是
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to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5 of 2500
非
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abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
- Pinyin
- Fēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2078 of 2500