xún
shì

common
verb

Meaning of 寻事

寻事 means to look for trouble; to pick a quarrel; to provoke deliberately. Pronounced xún shì.

  • to look for trouble; to pick a quarrel; to provoke deliberately

Definitions & Examples

zuì
le
jiǔ
 
dào
chù
xún
shì
 

He got drunk and went around looking for trouble.

xiē
nián
qīng
rén
xún
shì
tiǎo
xìn
 

Those young people deliberately picked fights and provoked others.

yào
zài
zhè
xún
shì
shēng
fēi
 

Don't stir up trouble here.