wú​bìng​zì​jiǔ

to invite trouble

  • created sense approved 无病自灸/無病自灸 · wú​bìng​zì​jiǔ · to invite trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无病自灸 / 無病自灸

    wú​bìng​zì​jiǔ

    to invite trouble

    to cause oneself trouble or suffering through unnecessary or superfluous action; literally meaning to perform moxibustion on oneself when one is not even ill

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 病 (literal) → 病 · bìng · illness 自 (literal) → 自 · zì · self 灸 (literal) → 灸 · jiǔ · moxibustion

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