1 to provoke

2 to irritate

3 to vex

4 to stir up

5 to anger

6 to attract (troubles)

7 to cause (problems)

1 sesame (seed)

1 mahjong

2 classifier: 副 fù

1 inconvenient

2 troublesome

3 annoying

4 to trouble or bother sb

5 to put sb to trouble

1 flax

1 one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused

2 disconcerted

3 upset

1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation

2 cutting the Gordian knot

1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation

2 cutting the Gordian knot

1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt

2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling

1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)

2 fig. to womanize

3 to frequent brothels

4 to sow one's wild oats