庸人自擾

Chinese

		mediocre person; ordinary person	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	disturb
trad. (庸人自擾)		庸人	自	擾
simp. (庸人自扰)		庸人	自	扰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōngrénzìrǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu² / jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōngrénzìrǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yongrénzìhrǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹-jên²-tzŭ⁴-jao³
    • Yale: yūng-rén-dz̀-rǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongrentzyhrao
    • Palladius: юнжэньцзыжао (junžɛnʹczyžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu² / jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu⁵
    • Yale: yùhng yàhn jih yíu / yùhng yàhn jih yíuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ jan⁴ dzi⁶ jiu² / jung⁴ jan⁴ dzi⁶ jiu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ yen⁴ ji⁶ yiu² / yung⁴ yen⁴ ji⁶ yiu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯³⁵/, /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯¹³/

Idiom

庸人自擾

1. to ask for trouble for no reason; to get one's panties in a bunch

Derived terms

• 天下本無事，庸人自擾之／天下本无事，庸人自扰之 (tiānxià běn wúshì, yōngrén zì rǎo zhī)