烦 (煩)
fán
Pinyin

Definition

烦 (煩)
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fán
  1. to feel vexed
  2. to bother
  3. to trouble
  4. superfluous and confusing
  5. edgy

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

薠
fán
  1. 1 plant similar to coco-grass 莎草[suō cǎo] (classical)

Related Words (20)

烦
fán
  1. 1 to feel vexed
  2. 2 to bother
  3. 3 to trouble
  4. 4 superfluous and confusing
  5. 5 edgy
烦恼
fán nǎo
  1. 1 to be worried
  2. 2 to be distressed
  3. 3 worries
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
厌烦
yàn fán
  1. 1 bored
  2. 2 fed up with sth
  3. 3 sick of sth
心烦
xīn fán
  1. 1 to feel agitated
  2. 2 to be troubled
  3. 3 to be annoyed
  4. 4 an upset or distraction

Idioms (5)

不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
  1. 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to take great pains
  3. 3 to be very patient
心烦意乱
xīn fán yì luàn
  1. 1 lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety
心烦气躁
xīn fán qì zào
  1. 1 agitated
  2. 2 annoyed (idiom)
眼不见，心不烦
yǎn bù jiàn , xīn bù fán
  1. 1 what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
自寻烦恼
zì xún fán nǎo
  1. 1 to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)

Sample Sentences

口是心非的人很麻烦
kǒushìxīnfēi de rén hěn máfan
People who don't say what they mean are troublesome.
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麻烦您了，真不好意思。
máfan nín le ，zhēn bùhǎoyìsi 。
Sorry for troubling you.
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谢谢主管今天的帮忙，今天真是麻烦你了。路上小心，再见。
xièxie zhǔguǎn jīntiān de bāngmáng ，jīntiān zhēnshì máfan nǐ le 。lùshang xiǎoxīn ，zàijiàn 。
I really appreciate your help today. Sorry to have troubled you. Please be careful on the road, goodbye.
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那我们要开始做B超了，麻烦妈妈帮我拉一下衣服。
nà wǒmen yào kāishǐ zuòBchāo le ，máfan māma bāng wǒ lā yīxià yīfu 。
We are going to look at the ultrasound scan. Mom, please help pull up my clothes.
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无聊的工作，让人很心烦。
wúliáo de gōngzuò ，ràng rén hěn xīnfán 。
Boring work is annoying.
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老板，对不起，是我不对。给您添麻烦了。请您原谅。下次会注意的。
lǎobǎn ，duìbùqǐ ，shì wǒ bùduì 。gěi nín tiānmáfan le 。qǐng nín yuánliàng 。xiàcì huì zhùyì de 。
Boss, I’m really sorry. It’s my fault. Sorry for inconveniencing you. Please forgive me. Next time I’ll be more careful.
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老板，对不起，是我的错。给您添麻烦了。请您见谅。下次不会再犯了。
lǎobǎn ，duìbùqǐ ，shì wǒ de cuò 。gěi nín tiānmáfan le 。qǐng nín jiànliàng 。xiàcì bù huì zàifàn le 。
Boss, I’m really sorry. It’s my fault. Sorry for inconveniencing you. Please forgive me. It won’t happen again next time.
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前面的人走得太慢了。不好意思！麻烦快一点儿。
qiánmiàn de rén zǒu de tài màn le 。bùhǎoyìsi ！máfan kuài yīdiǎnr 。
People in front of us are walking too slowly. Excuse me! Please walk a little bit quicker.
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人怕出名猪怕肥。做事这么张扬，一定会有麻烦。
rénpàchūmíngzhūpàféi 。zuò shì zhème zhāngyáng ，yīdìng huì yǒu máfan 。
Being too famous would ultimately lead to your downfall. Troubles come when you are too ostentatious.
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人怕出名猪怕肥”的意思就是人出了名，就会招来很多麻烦，就像猪肥的时候就会被杀来吃。
rénpàchūmíngzhūpàféi ”de yìsi jiù shì rén chū le míng ，jiù huì zhāo lái hěnduō máfan ，jiù xiàng zhū féi de shíhou jiù huì bèi shā lái chī 。
The proverb means being famous leads to trouble, just as pigs get slaughtered and eaten when they are fat enough.
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