興風作浪 [兴风－－]

Jyutping hing1 fung1 zok3 long6
Pinyin xīng fēng zuò làng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to incite trouble
  2. to stir up havoc
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    比喻​挑起​事端​，​引發爭​拗
    to incite and create trouble
  2. 近義詞
    搞是搞非、搞風搞雨
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to provoke incidents or trouble
    • 社會主義國家內部的反動派同帝國主義者互相勾結，利用人民內部的矛盾，挑撥離間，興風作浪，企圖實現他們的陰謀。
      社会主义国家内部的反动派同帝国主义者互相勾结，利用人民内部的矛盾，挑拨离间，兴风作浪，企图实现他们的阴谋。
      shè huì zhǔ yì guó jiā nèi bù de fǎn dòng pài tóng dì guó zhǔ yì zhě hù xiāng gōu jié ， lì yòng rén mín nèi bù de máo dùn ， tiǎo bō lí jiàn ， xīng fēng zuò làng ， qǐ tú shí xiàn tā men de yīn móu ．
      It was a case of the reactionaries inside a socialist country, in league with the imperialists, attempting to achieve their conspiratorial aims by taking advantage of contradictions among the people to foment dissension and stir up disorder.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    社会主义国家内部的反动派同帝国主义者互相勾结，利用人民内部的矛盾，挑拨离间，兴风作浪，企图实现他们的阴谋。
    社會主義國家內部的反動派同帝國主義者互相勾結，利用人民內部的矛盾，挑撥離間，興風作浪，企圖實現他們的陰謀。
    shè huì zhǔ yì guó jiā nèi bù de fǎn dòng pài tóng dì guó zhǔ yì zhě hù xiāng gōu jié ， lì yòng rén mín nèi bù de máo dùn ， tiǎo bō lí jiàn ， xīng fēng zuò làng ， qǐ tú shí xiàn tā men de yīn móu ．
    • It was a case of the reactionaries inside a socialist country, in league with the imperialists, attempting to achieve their conspiratorial aims by taking advantage of contradictions among the people to foment dissension and stir up disorder.
  2. Mandarin
    张成泽虽然早有肮脏的政治野心，但在金日成主席和金正日总书记在世时不敢兴风作浪而察言观色，在幕后同床异梦、阳奉阴违。
    張成澤雖然早有骯髒的政治野心，但在金日成主席和金正日總書記在世時不敢興風作浪而察言觀色，在幕後同牀異夢、陽奉陰違。
    zhāng chéng zé suī rán zǎo yǒu āng zāng de zhèng zhì yě xīn ， dàn zài jīn rì chéng zhǔ xí hé jīn zhèng rì zǒng shū jì zài shì shí bù gǎn xīng fēng zuò làng ér chá yán guān sè ， zài mù hòu tóng chuáng yì mèng ， yáng fèng yīn wéi ．
    • From long ago, Jang had a dirty political ambition. He dared not raise his head when Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il were alive. But, reading their faces, Jang had an axe to grind and involved himself in double-dealing.