无理取闹 wúlǐqǔnào
(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative†
What 无理取闹 means
- (idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 无理取闹, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does 无理取闹 mean in English?
无理取闹 is pronounced wúlǐqǔnào and means (idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative †.
How do you pronounce 无理取闹?
无理取闹 is wúlǐqǔnào in pinyin — written wuliqunao without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 无理取闹?
无理取闹 is written with 4 characters: 无 (wú) Not have (-less - not - never mind - un-), 理 (lǐ) Reason (principle - theory - manage - logic), 取 (qǔ) Take (collect - replace - choose), 闹 (nào) Noisy (suffer from - to joke). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 无理取闹 written in traditional Chinese?
無理取鬧. The simplified form 无理取闹 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 無理取鬧 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced wúlǐqǔnào.
Is 无理取闹 an HSK word?
Yes — 无理取闹 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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