挑动
tiǎo dòng
Pinyin

Definition

挑动
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tiǎo dòng
  1. to entice
  2. to arouse
  3. to provoke

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挑战
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
挑
tiāo
  1. 1 to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to pick
  4. 4 to nitpick
挑剔
tiāo ti
  1. 1 picky
  2. 2 fussy
挑选
tiāo xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to select
百里挑一
bǎi lǐ tiāo yī
  1. 1 one in a hundred
  2. 2 cream of the crop
单挑
dān tiāo
  1. 1 to pick
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to fight a duel
挑三拣四
tiāo sān jiǎn sì
  1. 1 to be picky
  2. 2 to be choosy
挑刺
tiāo cì
  1. 1 to carp
  2. 2 nitpicking
  3. 3 petty criticism
挑动
tiǎo dòng
  1. 1 to entice
  2. 2 to arouse
  3. 3 to provoke
挑唆
tiǎo suō
  1. 1 to incite
  2. 2 to stir up
  3. 3 to instigate
挑嘴
tiǎo zuǐ
  1. 1 to sow discord
  2. 2 picky about food
挑大梁
tiǎo dà liáng
  1. 1 to play a leading role
  2. 2 to bear a heavy responsibility
挑夫
tiāo fū
  1. 1 porter
挑子
tiāo zi
  1. 1 carrying pole and its load
挑弄
tiǎo nòng
  1. 1 to incite
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to tease
挑战者
tiǎo zhàn zhě
  1. 1 challenger
挑拔
tiǎo bá
  1. 1 to provoke
挑拣
tiāo jiǎn
  1. 1 to pick and choose
  2. 2 to select
挑拨
tiǎo bō
  1. 1 to incite disharmony
  2. 2 to instigate
挑明
tiǎo míng
  1. 1 to illuminate
  2. 2 to open up (a topic)

Idioms (7)

挑拨是非
tiǎo bō shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
挑拨离间
tiǎo bō lí jiàn
  1. 1 to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē
  1. 1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
  3. 3 bullies pick soft targets
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
目挑心招
mù tiǎo xīn zhāo
  1. 1 the eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious
  2. 2 making eyes at sb
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
  1. 1 to look for bones in an egg
  2. 2 to find fault
  3. 3 to nitpick (idiom)

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