duō​guǎn​xián​shì

to poke one's nose into other's business

  • created sense approved 多管闲事/多管閒事 · duō​guǎn​xián​shì · to poke one's nose into other's business — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    多管闲事 / 多管閒事

    duō​guǎn​xián​shì

    to poke one's nose into other's business

    to meddle in affairs that are none of one's business

    多管閑事

    多, 管, 闲事

    多 (literal) → 多 · duō · too much 管 (literal) → 管 · guǎn · to manage 闲事 (literal) → 闲事/閒事 · xián​shì · other people's business

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 多管闲事/多管閒事 · duō​guǎn​xián​shì · busybody — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    多管闲事 / 多管閒事

    duō​guǎn​xián​shì

    busybody

    person who meddles in the affairs of others

    多 (literal) → 多 · duō · too much 管 (literal) → 管 · guǎn · to manage 闲事 (literal) → 闲事/閒事 · xián​shì · other people's business

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense