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無事生非 (mou4 si6 saang1 fei1) — to make trouble out of nothing; to be deliberately provocative; to start an idle canard in Cantonese

mouˎ₄無siˍ₆事saangˉ¹生feiˉ¹非
简 无事生非
Mandarin Pinyin: wu2 shi4 sheng1 fei1

Meaning of 無事生非

nounto make trouble out of nothing; to be deliberately provocative; to start an idle canard
nounmuch ado about nothing

Characters in 無事生非

無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
事si6
be engaged in; go in for
生saang1
unripe; uncooked; raw
非fei1
wrong; unjustified; wrongdoing

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