离间计

离间计

Literally means:

scheme of sowing discord

Actually means:

scheme to arouse conflicts between two parties

离间 means setting one party against another and making them distrust and suspect each other.

The whole phrase refers to a scheme to arouse distrust and contradiction between two parties. It usually connotes a scheme to breach the good relationship between two sides, from which one can get some benefit. Derogatory.

离间，从中挑拨或制造矛盾，使双方彼此怀疑，互不信任。

离间计，造成人家互相猜疑，彼此不和的计策。多用来指破坏别人的友好关系，以便从中得到好处的做法。具有贬义色彩。