xìn

Traditional: 釁

衅 (xìn) is a Chinese word meaning “quarrel; dispute; a blood sacrifice (arch.)”.

Meanings

  1. 1quarrel
  2. 2dispute
  3. 3a blood sacrifice (arch.)

Related words

挑衅to provoke; provocation寻衅to pick a quarrel寻衅滋事罪disorderly behavior (PRC law)衅端pretext for a dispute衅隙enmity观衅伺隙lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom)边衅clash on the frontier

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