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自找麻烦

zì zhǎo má fan

4-character word Traditional 自找麻煩

What 自找麻烦 means

1. to ask for trouble
2. to invite difficulties

The characters in 自找麻烦

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 找zhǎoto try to find; to look for; to call on sb
• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻
• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble

Example sentences

• 他们自找麻烦。
  Tāmen zìzhǎomáfan.
  They are looking for trouble.

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