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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

挑起 [tiǎoqǐ]
  1. 1. provoke; stir up; instigate
    挑起边境冲突
    provoke a border conflict (or clash)

Examples

挑起纠纷
stir up trouble
挑起事端
provoke incidents
挑起领导生产的重担
shoulder the heavy load of leadership in production
这场争端是他们一手挑起的。
The dispute was all started by them.
挑起战争
provoke a war
挑起争端
provoke a dispute
他年轻的肩膀能够挑起这千斤重担吗?
Can he shoulder the heavy responsibility when he is so young?
挑起扁担一颤一颤地走了
挑起大拇指。

Word Decomposition


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