无理取闹 meaning and pronunciation

无理取闹
Simplified word
無理取鬧
Traditional word

无理取闹 English definition

wú lǐ qǔ nào

  • to make trouble without reason (idiom)
  • deliberately awkward
  • pointless provocation
  • willful trouble maker

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Characters

  • (wú): not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less;
  • (lǐ): texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up;
  • (qǔ): to take; to get; to choose; to fetch;
  • (nào): noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke;