興風作浪

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
trad. (興風作浪)		興	風	作	浪
simp. (兴风作浪)		兴	风	作	浪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngfēngzuòlàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ fung¹ zok³ long⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngfēngzuòlàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singfongzuòlàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-fêng¹-tso⁴-lang⁴
    • Yale: syīng-fēng-dzwò-làng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingfengtzuohlanq
    • Palladius: синфэнцзолан (sinfɛnczolan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ fung¹ zok³ long⁶
    • Yale: hīng fūng jok lohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ fung¹ dzok⁸ long⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ fung¹ zog³ long⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ lɔːŋ²²/

Idiom

興風作浪

1. 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。 [MSC, trad.]
     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。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Shèhuì zhǔyì guójiā nèibù de fǎndòngpài tóng dìguó zhǔyìzhě hùxiāng gōujié, lìyòng rénmín nèibù de máodùn, tiǎobōlíjiàn, xīngfēngzuòlàng, qǐtú shíxiàn tāmen de yīnmóu. [Pinyin]

     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.