📖 Meaning
To fabricate rumors and stir up trouble; identical in meaning to 造谣生事. It describes the deliberate act of spreading false information to create conflict or damage others' reputations.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom appears in Chapter 8 of Huang Nanding's late-Qing novel 'Yang Naiwu and the Bitter Vegetable' (《杨乃武与凶菜》). In the passage, a character worries that if a young woman in the household delays consummating her marriage, outsiders who fabricate rumors and stir up trouble might spread malicious gossip, potentially ruining reputations entirely. The phrase captures the destructive social force of those who invent falsehoods to provoke discord.
💡 Example Usage
他到处造谣生非，企图破坏同事间的团结。
He spread rumors everywhere to stir up trouble, attempting to undermine solidarity among his colleagues.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 造谣生非
- Pinyin: zào yáo shēng fēi
- Literal Translation: fabricate, rumor, generate, discord
- Category: Communication
- Characters: 4