挑燈

to light a lamp / to raise a lantern

to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick

to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up

lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

to sow discord / to provoke

to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil