管閒事 [－闲－]

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Pinyin guǎn xián shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to meddle
  2. to be a "nosy Parker"
  3. to be too inquisitive about other people's business
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to poke one's nose into other people's business; to meddle
    (syn.) 探闲事, 八, 膣瘪, 探閒事, 膣癟
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
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?
  2. Mandarin
    告诉他别多管闲事。
    告訴他別多管閒事。
    gào sù tā bié duō guǎn xián shì 。
    • Tell him to mind his own business.
  3. Mandarin
    别多管闲事。
    別多管閒事。
    bié duō guǎn xián shì 。
    • It's none of your business!
  4. Mandarin
    汤姆总是多管闲事。
    湯姆總是多管閒事。
    tāng mǔ zǒng shì duō guǎn xián shì 。
    • Tom always meddles in affairs that do not concern him.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我劝你唔好多管闲事。
    我勸你唔好多管閒事。
    ngo5 hyun3 nei5 m4 hou2 do1 gun2 haan4 si6.
    • I advise you that you should mind your own 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[…]