离间

離間

líjiàn

verb #26,610

Meanings

1 to drive a wedge between
2 to sow discord
3 to alienate (people from each other)

Characters

to separate, to leave

gap, to estrange

Examples

他试图离间我们两个好朋友。

Tā shìtú líjiàn wǒmen liǎng gè hǎo péngyou.

He tried to drive a wedge between us two good friends.

敌人用谣言来离间盟友之间的关系。

Dírén yòng yáoyán lái líjiàn méngyǒu zhījiān de guānxi.

The enemy used rumors to sow discord among the allies.

Tips

culture

离间计 (the stratagem of sowing discord) is one of the 36 stratagems in classical Chinese military thinking, used to break up an opponent's alliances.

Stroke Order

离 lí

间 jiān