look for trouble; pick a fight
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to look for trouble; to pick a quarrel; to provoke deliberately
Often used in formal or written contexts to describe intentional provocation. Commonly appears in set phrases like 寻事挑衅 or 寻事生非.
Tā他
hē喝
zuì醉
le了
jiǔ酒
，
dào到
chù处
xún寻
shì事
。
He got drunk and went around looking for trouble.
Nà那
xiē些
nián年
qīng轻
rén人
gù故
yì意
xún寻
shì事
tiǎo挑
xìn衅
。
Those young people deliberately picked fights and provoked others.
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Bù不
yào要
zài在
zhè这
lǐ里
xún寻
shì事
shēng生
fēi非
。
Don't stir up trouble here.