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惹是生非

rě shì shēng fēi

4-character word

What 惹是生非 means

1. to stir up trouble

The characters in 惹是生非

• 惹rěto provoke; to irritate; to vex
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-

Sounds the same

Read rě shì shēng fēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 惹事生非variant of 惹是生非