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闲事

xián shì

2-character word Traditional 閒事

What 闲事 means

1. other people's business

The characters in 闲事

• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 少管闲事!
  Mind your own business!
• 我没想多管闲事。
  I didn't mean to be nosy.
• 汤姆总是多管闲事。
  Tāngmǔ zǒngshì duōguǎnxiánshì.
  Tom always meddles in affairs that do not concern him.
• 告诉他别多管闲事。
  Gàosu tā bié duōguǎnxiánshì.
  Tell him to mind his own business.
• 「好为人师」还是「好管闲事」?
  Is this "giving sermons" or "sticking one's nose in someone else's business"?

Words containing 闲事

• 管闲事guǎn xián shìto meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business
• 多管闲事duō guǎn xián shìmeddling in other people's business
• 少管闲事shǎo guǎn xián shìMind your own business!; Don't interfere!

Sounds the same

Read xián shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 闲适leisurely and comfortable; relaxed
• 贤士virtuous person; a man of merit