diǎn​guǐ​huǒ

to stir up trouble

  • created sense approved 点鬼火/點鬼火 · diǎn​guǐ​huǒ · to stir up trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    点鬼火 / 點鬼火

    diǎn​guǐ​huǒ

    to stir up trouble

    To secretly stir up trouble or instigate others; to incite a situation from behind the scenes.

    点, 鬼, 火

    点 (literal) → 点/點 · diǎn · to light 鬼火 (literal) → 鬼火 · guǐ​huǒ · will-o'-the-wisp

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

    created sense