拱火兒
gǒng​huǒ​r

to stir up trouble

  • created reference approved 拱火儿/拱火兒 → 拱火 (erhua_variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拱火儿 / 拱火兒 gǒng​huǒ​r

    拱火 gǒng​huǒ

    erhua_variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 拱火儿/拱火兒 · gǒng​huǒ​r · to stir up trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拱火儿 / 拱火兒

    gǒng​huǒ​r

    to stir up trouble

    (colloquial) To pour oil on the fire, either literally or figuratively; to provoke someone or cause them to become even angrier through words or actions.

    拱, 火儿

    拱 (literal) → 拱 · gǒng · to push forward 火儿 (literal) → 火儿/火兒 · huǒ​r · anger

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

    created sense