找麻烦
zhǎo má fan
Pinyin

Definition

找麻烦
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zhǎo má fan
  1. to look for trouble

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

寻找
xún zhǎo
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
找
zhǎo
  1. 1 to try to find
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to call on sb
  4. 4 to find
  5. 5 to seek
  6. 6 to return
  7. 7 to give change
找到
zhǎo dào
  1. 1 to find
麻将
má jiàng
  1. 1 mahjong
  2. 2 CL:副[fù]
找出
zhǎo chū
  1. 1 to find
  2. 2 to search out
找回
zhǎo huí
  1. 1 to retrieve
找寻
zhǎo xún
  1. 1 to look for
  2. 2 to seek
  3. 3 to find fault
芝麻
zhī ma
  1. 1 sesame (seed)
芝麻官
zhī ma guān
  1. 1 low ranking official
  2. 2 petty bureaucrat
麻
má
  1. 1 variant of 麻[má]
  2. 2 hemp
麻木
má mù
  1. 1 numb
  2. 2 insensitive
  3. 3 apathetic
麻烦
má fan
  1. 1 inconvenient
  2. 2 troublesome
  3. 3 annoying
  4. 4 to trouble or bother sb
  5. 5 to put sb to trouble
麻痹
má bì
  1. 1 paralysis
  2. 2 palsy
  3. 3 numbness
  4. 4 to benumb
  5. 5 (fig.) to lull
  6. 6 negligent
  7. 7 apathetic
麻花
má huā
  1. 1 fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough)
  2. 2 worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
麻辣
má là
  1. 1 hot and numbing
麻辣烫
má là tàng
  1. 1 hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)
麻雀
má què
  1. 1 sparrow
  2. 2 (dialect) mahjong
主麻
zhǔ má
  1. 1 jummah or Friday, when Muslims gather to attend prayers (loanword from Arabic)
乱麻
luàn má
  1. 1 lit. tangled skein
  2. 2 in a tremendous muddle
  3. 3 confused
亚麻
yà má
  1. 1 flax

Idioms (9)

心乱如麻
xīn luàn rú má
  1. 1 one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused
  2. 2 disconcerted
  3. 3 upset
快刀斩乱麻
kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má
  1. 1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
  2. 2 cutting the Gordian knot
快刀断乱麻
kuài dāo duàn luàn má
  1. 1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
  2. 2 cutting the Gordian knot
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
  1. 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
杀人如麻
shā rén rú má
  1. 1 lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to kill people like flies
闭塞眼睛捉麻雀
bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què
  1. 1 lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act blindly
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
  1. 1 lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
骑驴找驴
qí lu:2 zhǎo lu:2
  1. 1 lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to look for what one already has
麻雀虽小，五脏俱全
má què suī xiǎo , wǔ zàng jù quán
  1. 1 The sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom).
  2. 2 small but complete in every detail

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