戳马蜂窝

Traditional (Taiwan): 戳馬蜂窩

chuōmǎfēngwō ㄔㄨㄛ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄥ ㄨㄛ

    • to stir up trouble by provoking dangerous or touchy people
    • to poke a hornets' nest

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Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Literally
poke a hornets' nest
Meaning
A variant of 捅马蜂窝: to stir up trouble by provoking dangerous or touchy people. Same as English 'poke a hornets' nest'.

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