挑动

tā huì cǎi fǎng tā men bìng huì tiǎo dòng tā men bǐ cǐ xiāng dòu

他会采访他们，并会挑动他们彼此相斗。

He would interview them, and would play one off against the other.

lǎo shī ràng tā tíng zhǐ tiǎo dòng shì fēi

老师让她停止挑动是非。

The teacher told her to stop stirring up trouble.

tā tiǎo dòng nǐ hé wǒ chǎo jià

他挑动你和我吵架。

He instigated a quarrel between you and me.

tā tiǎo dòng qí tā hái zi è zuò jù

她挑动其他孩子恶作剧。

She stirs up the other children to mischief.

wǒ gǎn shuō nǐ wú fǎ zhèng míng wǒ céng tiǎo dòng guò cǐ shì

我敢说你无法证明我曾挑动过此事。

I defy you to prove that I have cheated.

tiǎo dòng qún ōu

挑动群殴

start a mass brawl

tiǎo dòng nèi zhàn

挑动内战

provoke civil war

tiǎo dòng sāo luàn

挑动骚乱

provoke a riot