Tom always meddles in affairs that do not concern him.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
多管闲事
meddling in other people's business
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
meddling in other people's business
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 多管闲事 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 多管闲事.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 多管闲事.
Directly before
- 别多管闲事1
- 总是多管闲事1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 多管闲事
What does 多管闲事 mean in Chinese?
多管闲事 (duōguǎnxiánshì) means meddling in other people's business.
How do you pronounce 多管闲事?
多管闲事 is pronounced duōguǎnxiánshì.
Is 多管闲事 an HSK word?
多管闲事 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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