挑拨离间

挑
挑
拨
撥
离
離
间
間
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between

Characters and words in 挑拨离间

挑
tia̅o = ti + ao1
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick
挑 = 兆 + 扌 : In front of the aorta (ao1) Mother Teresa (ti) is carrying two vultures (兆) on a toy claw (扌) used as shoulder stick (挑).
挑
tiǎo = ti + ao3
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
挑 = 兆 + 扌 : Mother Teresa (ti) is lying motionless inside of the aorta (ao3). The vultures (兆) want to know if she's already dead, so they poke (挑) her with a toy claw (扌).
挑
挑
拨
撥
to incite disharmony / to instigate
拨
撥
bo̅ = b + o1
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
拨 = 发 + 扌 : Beelzebub (b) wants to leave observatory (o1), but outside he finds that a long hair (发) is blocking his way. He tries to push it aside (拨) with a toy claw (扌), but to no avail. Finally he has no other choice but to dial (拨) a barber to get rid of the hair.
离
chi̅ = ch + Ø1
mythical beast (archaic)
离
離
lí = li + Ø2
surname Li
离
離
lí = li + Ø2
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲
离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Mnemonic symbol: from 离心机 or 离心分离机, a centrifuge.
离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Li Qingzhao is about to leave the space station. As a souvenir she put her beret in the space station's centrifuge and got a demon mask out. Angrily she tramples on the demon mask because what she wanted was a nice and modern hat.
离
離
间
間
to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc)
间
間
jia̅n = ji + an1
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms
间 = 日 + 门 : Mnemonic symbol: a changing cubicle.
间 = 日 + 门 : Joan of Arc wants to try a new approach of solving earth's energy crisis. In front of the anthill she set up a changing cubicle and invites the sun to try it out. The sun doesn't know that the Joan of Arc installed a trap door inside of the changing cubicle and plans to exploit the sun as quasi inexhaustible energy source once she captured her.
间
間
jiàn = ji + an4
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent

Words with 挑拨离间

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Sentences with 挑拨离间

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