To spread the wind and fan the fire
Fan fan Huo is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Chu á NF ē ngsh ā nhu ǒ, which means to stir up the wind and fire. It means to encourage others to do something. It is often used in a derogatory sense. From the story of spring planting and autumn harvest.
The origin of Idioms
Kang Zhuo's "story of spring planting and autumn harvest" says: "the fan is so popular that Yucui's father is infected. He worries about his daughter every day and complains that her eyelids are too high."
Idiom usage
It refers to inciting trouble.
Chinese PinYin : chuán fēng shān huǒ
To spread the wind and fan the fire
so beautiful as to cause the flowers to blush and the moon to hide -- an incomparable beauty. xiū huā bì yuè
the enemy approached the walls. jūn lín chéng xià
pressed breast to back and shoulder to shoulder. yā jiān dié bèi