干卿何事
gān​qīng​hé​shì

none of your business

  • created reference approved 干卿何事 → 干卿底事 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    干卿何事 gān​qīng​hé​shì

    干卿底事 gān​qīng​dǐ​shì

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  • created sense approved 干卿何事 · gān​qīng​hé​shì · none of your business — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    干卿何事

    gān​qīng​hé​shì

    none of your business

    (idiom) what has this to do with you; used to reproach someone for meddling in things that do not concern them. This phrase comes from a story in the [[南唐书|南唐書|nan2 tang2 shu1]] where a king teases a poet by asking why the wind blowing on the water is any of his business.

    干 (literal) → 干 · gān · to involve 卿 (literal) → 卿 · qīng · you 何事 (literal) → 何事 · hé​shì · what matter

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