挑灯拨火 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 挑燈撥火 tiǎodēngbōhuǒ ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄥ ㄅㄛ ㄏㄨㄛˇ to sow discord to provoke Character by character 挑(tiǎo)raise 灯(dēng)lamp 拨(bō)push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc 火(huǒ)surname Huo A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0