to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business
trad. 管閒事
Also written 管閒事【guǎn xián shì】
Characters in this word
3管
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variant of 管[guan3]
- Pinyin
- guǎn
- Traditional
- 筦
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 1150 of 2500
闲
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enclosure, (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle, unoccupied, leisure
- Pinyin
- xián
- Traditional
- 閑
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 20057 of 2500
事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500