启衅
qǐ​xìn

to provoke a conflict

  • created reference approved 启衅/啟釁 → 起衅/起釁 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    启衅 / 啟釁 qǐ​xìn

    起衅 / 起釁 qǐ​xìn

    see

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  • created sense approved 启衅/啟釁 · qǐ​xìn · to provoke a conflict — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    启衅 / 啟釁

    qǐ​xìn

    to provoke a conflict

    To start a quarrel or provoke discord; literary usage meaning to trigger a clash or conflict.

    启 (literal) → 启/啟 · qǐ · to begin 衅 (literal) → 衅/釁 · xìn · dispute

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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