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挑拨是非

tiǎo bō shì fēi

4-character word Traditional 挑撥是非

What 挑拨是非 means

1. to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
2. to tell tales
3. to make mischief

The characters in 挑拨是非

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 拨bōto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-

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