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自讨没趣
zì​tǎo​méi​qù

to court a rebuff

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
自讨没趣 自討沒趣 zì​tǎo​méi​qù
to court a rebuff
To invite a snub or bring contempt upon oneself by acting or speaking inappropriately; to make oneself look foolish by seeking interest where there is none.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.120 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.308 per million

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)