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Usage of the character 衅

xìn
[釁]
  • quarrel
  • dispute
  • a blood sacrifice (arch.)
biānxìn
边衅
[邊釁]
  • clash on the frontier
  • border conflict
xúnxìn
寻衅
[尋釁]
  • to pick a quarrel
  • to start a fight
xìnxì
衅隙
[釁隙]
  • enmity
tiǎoxìn
挑衅
[挑釁]
  • to provoke; provocation
xìnduān
衅端
[釁端]
  • pretext for a dispute
guānxìnsìxì
观衅伺隙
[觀釁伺隙]
  • 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
xúnxìnzīshìzuì
寻衅滋事罪
[尋釁滋事罪]
  • disorderly behavior (PRC law)