to fan, to incite, to stir up

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Example Sentences

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1
yào
zǒng
shì
shān
fēng
diǎn
huǒ
zhì
zào
máo
dùn

Don't always fan the flames and create conflicts.

2
shì
shān
dòng
qún
zhòng
fǎn
duì
zhèng

He tried to incite the crowd against the government.

3
zhè
diàn
yǐng
de
shān
qíng
fen
ràng
le

The emotional part of this movie made me cry.

4
shān
dòng
jiā
wán

He incited everyone to go play.

5
yǎn
jiǎng
zhě
shān
dòng
tīng
zhòng
zhī
chí
de
guān
diǎn

The speaker stirred up the audience to support his viewpoint.

6
yáo
yán
zài
shè
jiāo
méi
shàng
bèi
è
shān
dòng
yǐn
le
yào
de
kǒng
huāng

Rumors were maliciously incited on social media, causing unnecessary panic.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes14
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2550
Zhuyinㄕㄢ
Components
UnicodeU+717D
CangjieFHSM
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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