挑撥離間

Chinese

		to incite disharmony; to stir up conflict	to sow discord; to drive a wedge between; to set one party against another
trad. (挑撥離間)		挑撥	離間
simp. (挑拨离间)		挑拨	离间

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiǎobōlíjiàn
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄛㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ but⁶ lei⁴ gaan³
Min Nan (POJ): thiau-poah-lī-kan / thiau-poah-lî-kan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiǎobōlíjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄛㄌㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teaubolijiann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎobolíjiàn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pwɔ⁵⁵ li³⁵ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu¹ but⁶ lei⁴ gaan³
  - Yale: tīu buht lèih gaan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹ but⁹ lei⁴ gaan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹ bud⁶ léi⁴ gan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ puːt̚² lei̯²¹ käːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-poah-lī-kan / thiau-poah-lî-kan
  - Tâi-lô: thiau-puah-lī-kan / thiau-puah-lî-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiau'poahlixkafn, tiau'poahli'kafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiaʊ³³ pua(ʔ)⁵ li⁴¹⁻²² kan³³/, /tʰiaʊ³³ pua(ʔ)⁵ li²⁴⁻²² kan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li¹³⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³⁻¹¹ kan⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²⁴⁻¹¹ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ li³³⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ li²³⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/

Idiom

挑撥離間

to incite one person from another; to drive a wedge between; to foment disunity and dissension; to sow discord
- 社會主義國家內部的反動派同帝國主義者互相勾結，利用人民內部的矛盾，挑撥離間，興風作浪，企圖實現他們的陰謀。 [MSC, trad.]
  社会主义国家内部的反动派同帝国主义者互相勾结，利用人民内部的矛盾，挑拨离间，兴风作浪，企图实现他们的阴谋。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Shèhuì zhǔyì guójiā nèibù de fǎndòngpài tóng dìguó zhǔyìzhě hùxiāng gōujié, lìyòng rénmín nèibù de máodùn, tiǎobōlíjiàn, xīngfēngzuòlàng, qǐtú shíxiàn tāmen de yīnmóu. [Pinyin]
  It was a case of the reactionaries inside a socialist country, in league with the imperialists, attempting to achieve their conspiratorial aims by taking advantage of contradictions among the people to foment dissension and stir up disorder.