好管閒事 [－－闲－]

Jyutping hou3 gun2 haan4 si6
Pinyin hǎo guǎn xián shì

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）

好管閒事 [－－闲－]

Jyutping hou2 gun2 haan4 si6
Pinyin hào guǎn xián shì

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    like to stick one's nose in other's affairs

好管閒事 [－－闲－]

Jyutping hou3 gun2 haan4 si6
Pinyin hǎo guán3xian2shi

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to be meddlesome; nosy; officious [written and colloquial]
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    「好为人师」还是「好管闲事」?
    「好為人師」還是「好管閒事」?
    「 hào wéi rén shī 」 hái shi 「 hǎo guǎn xián shì 」?
    • Is this "giving sermons" or "sticking one's nose in someone else's business"?
    • Is this patronizing or meddling in someone else's business?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    订立助讼罪行是为阻止有人“好管闲事干预”诉讼，尤其是这情况会导致以被告身分与讼的人受到压制。
    訂立助訟罪行是為阻止有人“好管閒事干預”訴訟，尤其是這情況會導致以被告身分與訟的人受到壓制。
    dìng lì zhù sòng zuì xíng shì wèi zǔ zhǐ yǒu rén “ hǎo guǎn xián shì gān yù ” sù sòng ， yóu qí shì zhè qíng kuàng huì dǎo zhì yǐ bèi gào shēn fēn yǔ sòng de rén shòu dào yā zhì ．
    • In the Administration’s view, abolition of the common law offences of maintenance and champerty would involve broader legal and policy concerns, including those of recovery agents and litigation funding companies.
    • The offence of maintenance is to discourage “officious intermeddling” in litigation, in particular where this results in oppression of the person against whom the action is brought[…]