推涛作浪
tuī​tāo​zuò​làng

to stir up trouble

  • created sense approved 推涛作浪/推濤作浪 · tuī​tāo​zuò​làng · to stir up trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    推涛作浪 / 推濤作浪

    tuī​tāo​zuò​làng

    to stir up trouble

    to push the waves and create billows; metaphorically used to describe inciting or instigating trouble and making a situation worse

    tuī​táo​zuò​làng

    推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to push 涛 (literal) → 涛/濤 · tāo · big waves 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to rise 浪 (literal) → 浪 · làng · wave

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

    created sense