庸人自擾
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]mediocre person; ordinary person | from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since |
disturb | ||
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trad. (庸人自擾) | 庸人 | 自 | 擾 | |
simp. (庸人自扰) | 庸人 | 自 | 扰 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]庸人自擾
- to ask for trouble for no reason; to get one's panties in a bunch
Derived terms
[edit]- 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)