zì zhǎo má fan

Traditional: 自找麻煩

自找麻烦 (zì zhǎo má fan) is a Chinese word meaning “to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties”.

Meanings

  1. 1to ask for trouble
  2. 2to invite difficulties

Characters in 自找麻烦

自zì · (bound form) self; oneself找zhǎo · to try to find麻má · hemp (variant of 麻[ma2])烦fán · to feel vexed

Related words

自己oneself; (attributive) one's own找to try to find找到to find麻烦trouble; inconvenience来自to come from (a place)自由freedom; liberty自(bound form) self; oneself自杀to kill oneself寻找to seek; to look for自从since (a time)自然nature自我the self; oneself; self-

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