撩是生非

Mandarin · pinyin liáo shì shēng fēi

Meanings

  1. to stir up trouble
  2. to provoke angry exchange
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撩
liāo · lift up, raise; leave, depart
是
shì · indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
非
fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
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2–4–1–1 · liao2 shi4 sheng1 fei1

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liu4 si6 sang1 fei1

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