捅马蜂窝
tǒng​mǎ​fēng​wō

to stir up a hornet's nest

  • created sense approved 捅马蜂窝/捅馬蜂窩 · tǒng​mǎ​fēng​wō · to stir up a hornet's nest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    捅马蜂窝 / 捅馬蜂窩

    tǒng​mǎ​fēng​wō

    to stir up a hornet's nest

    To poke or disturb a hornet's nest with a stick or pole

    捅, 马蜂窝

    捅 (literal) → 捅 · tǒng · to poke 马蜂窝 (literal) → 马蜂窝/馬蜂窩 · mǎ​fēng​wō · hornet's nest

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 捅马蜂窝/捅馬蜂窩 · tǒng​mǎ​fēng​wō · to provoke trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    捅马蜂窝 / 捅馬蜂窩

    tǒng​mǎ​fēng​wō

    to provoke trouble

    To provoke a person who is difficult to deal with or to trigger a series of problems

    捅, 马蜂窝

    捅 (literal) → 捅 · tǒng · to provoke 马蜂窝 (literal) → 马蜂窝/馬蜂窩 · mǎ​fēng​wō · troublesome situation

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

    created sense