庸人自擾

Chinese

		mediocre person; ordinary person
trad. (庸人自擾)		庸人	自擾
simp. (庸人自扰)		庸人	自扰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōngrénzìrǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu², jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōngrénzìrǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yongrénzìhrǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yung¹-jên²-tzŭ⁴-jao³
  - Yale: yūng-rén-dz̀-rǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongrentzyhrao
  - Palladius: юнжэньцзыжао (junžɛnʹczyžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu², jung⁴ jan⁴ zi⁶ jiu⁵
  - Yale: yùhng yàhn jih yíu, yùhng yàhn jih yíuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ jan⁴ dzi⁶ jiu², jung⁴ jan⁴ dzi⁶ jiu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ yen⁴ ji⁶ yiu², yung⁴ yen⁴ ji⁶ yiu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯³⁵/, /jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯¹³/

Idiom

庸人自擾

to ask for trouble for no reason; to get one's panties in a bunch

Derived terms

天下本無事，庸人自擾之／天下本无事，庸人自扰之 (tiānxià běn wúshì, yōngrén zì rǎo zhī)

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