rě​huǒ

provoke

惹火 rě​huǒ
provoke verb
to provoke and offend people; to ruffle feathers

Those words of his completely infuriated the boss.

stir fire idiom
to stir up a fire

Such behavior is tantamount to playing with fire and getting burned.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
6.59 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
1.12 per million

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