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庸人自扰

yōng rén zì rǎo

4-character word Traditional 庸人自擾

What 庸人自扰 means

1. lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom)
2. fig. to get upset over nothing
3. to make problems for oneself

The characters in 庸人自扰

• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 人rénperson; people
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 扰rǎoto disturb

Example sentences

• 庸人自扰。
  Yōngrénzìrǎo.
  Much ado about nothing.