庸人自擾

庸人自擾

Chinese

		mediocre person; ordinary person
trad. (庸人自擾)		庸人	自擾
simp. (庸人自扰)		庸人	自扰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōngrénzìrǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu², jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yōngrénzìrǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongrentzyhrao
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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
    • IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯³⁵/, /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯¹³/

Idiom

庸人自擾

1. to ask for trouble for no reason; to get one's panties in a bunch