天下本無事，庸人自擾之

See also: 天下本无事，庸人自扰之

Chinese

		under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	to have no further business; to have nothing further to discuss		to ask for trouble for no reason; to get one's panties in a bunch	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (天下本無事，庸人自擾之)		天下	本	無事	，	庸人自擾	之
simp. (天下本无事，庸人自扰之)		天下	本	无事	，	庸人自扰	之
Literally: “nothing under the heavens is the matter until a person of mediocre ability messes things up for himself”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxià běn wúshì, yōngrén zì rǎo zhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄨˊ ㄕˋ , ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ haa⁶ bun² mou⁴ si⁶, jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu² zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxià běn wúshì, yōngrén zì rǎo zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄨˊ ㄕˋ , ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansià běn wúshìh, yongrén zìh rǎo jhih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsia⁴ pên³ wu²-shih⁴, yung¹-jên² tzŭ⁴ jao³ chih¹
    • Yale: tyān-syà běn wú-shr̀-, yūng-rén dz̀ rǎu jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiah been wushyh, iongren tzyh rao jy
    • Palladius: тянься бэнь уши, юнжэнь цзы жао чжи (tjanʹsja bɛnʹ uši, junžɛnʹ czy žao čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ haa⁶ bun² mou⁴ si⁶, jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu² zi¹
    • Yale: tīn hah bún mòuh sih, yùhng yàhn jih yíu jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ haa⁶ bun² mou⁴ si⁶, jung⁴ jan⁴ dzi⁶ jiu² dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ha⁶ bun² mou⁴ xi⁶, yung⁴ yen⁴ ji⁶ yiu² ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² puːn³⁵ mou̯²¹ siː²² jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

天下本無事，庸人自擾之

1. to bring angst or trouble on oneself; to try to fix something that was not broken in the first place

   處女座容易陷入天下本無事庸人自擾之的情緒中，根本都沒有什麼事情發生，心情要放開一點不要想太多。 [MSC, trad.]
   处女座容易陷入天下本无事庸人自扰之的情绪中，根本都没有什么事情发生，心情要放开一点不要想太多。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chǔnǚzuò róngyì xiànrù tiānxiàběnwúshì yōngrénzìrǎozhī de qíngxù zhōng, gēnběn dōu méiyǒu shénme shìqíng fāshēng, xīnqíng yào fàngkāi yīdiǎn bùyào xiǎng tài duō. [Pinyin]

   Virgos will find it easy to fall into the trap of feeling like they should try to fix something that was not broken in the first place. Nothing has actually happened, so relax and don't overthink things.

Related terms

• 庸人自擾／庸人自扰 (yōngrénzìrǎo)