| 挑拨是非 |
tiǎo bō shì fēi |
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief |
| 挑 |
tiāo |
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick |
| 挑 |
tiǎo |
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up |
| 挑拨 |
tiǎo bō |
to incite disharmony / to instigate |
| 拨 |
bō |
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 |
| 是 |
shì |
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 |
shì |
variant of 是 |
| 是非 |
shì fēi |
right and wrong / quarrel; dispute |
| 非 |
Fēi |
abbr. for 非洲, Africa |
| 非 |
fēi |
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must |