多管闲事 meaning in English

duōguǎnxiánshì

meddling in other people's business

Traditional 多管閒事35 strokes

Meaning of 多管闲事

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duōguǎnxiánshì
  1. meddling in other people's business

多管闲事 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ总zǒng是shì多duō管guǎn闲xián事shì。
Tom always meddles in affairs that do not concern him.
告gào诉sù他tā别bié多duō管guǎn闲xián事shì。
Tell him to mind his own business.
我wǒ没méi想xiǎng多duō管guǎn闲xián事shì。
I didn't mean to meddle.

Stroke order for each character

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多 duō · many · 6 strokes

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管 guǎn · to take care · 14 strokes

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闲 xián · idle · 7 strokes

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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 多管闲事.

多少duōshaonumber; amount; somewhat
没事儿méishìrto have spare time; free from work
事情shìqingaffair; matter; thing; business
故事gùshiold practice
多久duōjiǔ(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
差不多chàbuduōalmost; nearly
许多xǔduōmany; a lot of
好多hǎoduōmany; quite a lot
多么duōmehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)
好事hǎoshìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity
同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority

Questions about 多管闲事

What does 多管闲事 mean?

多管闲事 (duōguǎnxiánshì) means "meddling in other people's business".

How do you write 多管闲事?

多管闲事 is made of 4 characters: 多 (6 strokes), 管 (14 strokes), 闲 (7 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 35 strokes in total.

How is 多管闲事 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 多管闲事 is written 多管閒事.