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煽动

shāndòng

to incite; to stir up

A speaker with a megaphone addressing an agitated crowd
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Characters in this word

煽 shān

Strokes
14
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 扇 fan
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 煽

动 dòng

Strokes
6
Radical
力 — strength, power
Made of
云 cloud 力 strength, power
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 有人利用片面信息煽动对立,结果使原本可以协商的问题迅速激化。 Yǒu rén lìyòng piànmiàn xìnxī shāndòng duìlì, jiéguǒ shǐ yuánběn kěyǐ xiéshāng de wèntí xùnsù jīhuà. Someone used one-sided information to incite confrontation, causing an issue that could have been negotiated to escalate quickly.
  • 别听他煽动,这事咱们坐下来慢慢商量。 Bié tīng tā shāndòng, zhè shì zánmen zuò xiàlái mànmàn shāngliang. Don't listen to his provocations; let's sit down and discuss this calmly.
  • 有人在网上故意煽动情绪,制造混乱。 Yǒu rén zài wǎngshàng gùyì shāndòng qíngxù, zhìzào hùnluàn. Someone deliberately stirs up emotions online to create chaos.

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