調嘴弄舌
tiáo​zuǐ​nòng​shé

to stir up trouble

  • created sense approved 调嘴弄舌/調嘴弄舌 · tiáo​zuǐ​nòng​shé · to stir up trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    调嘴弄舌 / 調嘴弄舌

    tiáo​zuǐ​nòng​shé

    to stir up trouble

    to incite discord or cause trouble by gossiping and telling tales; to play people off against one another

    调嘴 (literal) → 调嘴/調嘴 · tiáo​zuǐ · to gossip 弄 (literal) → 弄 · nòng · to play with 舌 (literal) → 舌 · shé · tongue

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

    created sense