激将 (激將) jījiāng

jījiāng verb to spur somebody into action by making negative remarks
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '激將')

Contained in

• 激将法(激將法) indirect, psychological method of getting somebody to do as one wishes
• 请将不如激将(請將不如激將) to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第五十八回 Chapter 58 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
• 卷四十三 本紀第四十三 理宗三 Volume 43 Annals 43: Lizong 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
• 卷四百〇三 列傳第一百六十二 趙方 賈涉 扈再興 孟宗政 張威 Volume 403 Biographies 162: Zhao Fang, Jia She, Hu Zaixing, Meng Zongzheng, Zhang Wei History of Song 宋史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 激将士 (激將士) 帥臣其務獎激將士 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四十三 本紀第四十三 理宗三 Volume 43 Annals 43: Lizong 3 — count: 2