lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom); fig. to get upset over nothing; to make problems for oneself
trad. 庸人自擾
Also written 庸人自擾【yōng rén zì rǎo】
Characters in this word
4庸
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ordinary, to use
- Pinyin
- yōng
- Strokes
- 11
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
自
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(bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1586 of 2500
扰
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to disturb
- Pinyin
- rǎo
- Traditional
- 擾
- Strokes
- 7