自找麻烦 meaning in English

zìzhǎomáfan

to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties

Traditional 自找麻煩34 strokes

Meaning of 自找麻烦

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zìzhǎomáfan
  1. to ask for trouble
  2. to invite difficulties

自找麻烦 in example sentences

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

他tā们men自zì找zhǎo麻má烦fán。
They are looking for trouble.

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自 zì · self · 6 strokes

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找 zhǎo · to try to find · 7 strokes

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麻 má · generic name for hemp · 11 strokes

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烦 fán · to feel vexed · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 自找麻烦.

找到zhǎodàoto find
自己zìjǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zìyóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自láizìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
找出zhǎochūto find; to search out
自行车zìxíngchēbicycle; bike
大自然dàzìránnature (the natural world)
麻烦máfantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
自然zìránnature; natural
自从zìcóngsince (a time); ever since
亲自qīnzìpersonally; in person
自动zìdòngautomatic; voluntarily

Questions about 自找麻烦

What does 自找麻烦 mean?

自找麻烦 (zìzhǎomáfan) means "to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties".

How do you write 自找麻烦?

自找麻烦 is made of 4 characters: 自 (6 strokes), 找 (7 strokes), 麻 (11 strokes), 烦 (10 strokes). That is 34 strokes in total.

How is 自找麻烦 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 自找麻烦 is written 自找麻煩.