釁 xìn

smear with blood in sacrifice; rift, quarrel

DEFINITIONS

  • smear with blood in sacrifice
  • rift, quarrel
  • quarrel
  • dispute
  • a blood sacrifice (arch.)

WORDS

尋釁 xún xìn to pick a quarrel; to start a fight
尋釁滋事罪 xún xìn zī shì zuì disorderly behavior (PRC law)
挑釁 tiǎo xìn to provoke; provocation
觀釁伺隙 guān xìn sì xì lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points; to look for the Achilles' heel
邊釁 biān xìn clash on the frontier; border conflict
釁端 xìn duān pretext for a dispute
釁隙 xìn xì enmity
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