找 麻 烦

zhǎo má fandictionary entry

to look for trouble

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Original source entry:

找麻煩找麻烦 [zhao3 ma2 fan5] /to look for trouble/

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Other forms in these source records: 找麻煩

找
zhǎo
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
麻
má
hemp (variant of 麻[má]) / generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lǚ] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
Má
surname Ma
烦
fán
to feel vexed / to bother / to trouble / superfluous and confusing / edgy

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