天下本無事，庸人自擾之

Chinese
 
under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
 
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
 to have no further business; to have nothing further to discuss to ask for trouble for no reason; to get one's panties in a bunch 's; him/her/it; this
trad. (天下本無事，庸人自擾之) 天下 本 無事 ， 庸人自擾 之
simp. (天下本无事，庸人自扰之) 天下 本 无事 ， 庸人自扰 之
Literally: “nothing under the heavens is the matter until a person of mediocre ability messes things up for himself”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tiānxià běn wúshì, yōngrén zì rǎo zhī
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄨˊ ㄕˋ, ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ ㄓ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 haa6 bun2 mou4 si6, jung4 jan4 zi6 jiu2 zi1
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: tiānxià běn wúshì, yōngrén zì rǎo zhī
      • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄨˊ ㄕˋ, ㄩㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄠˇ ㄓ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshiah been wushyh, iongren tzyh rao jy
      • IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ i̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: tin1 haa6 bun2 mou4 si6, jung4 jan4 zi6 jiu2 zi1
      • Yale: tīn hah bún mòuh sih, yùhng yàhn jih yíu jī
      • Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 haa6 bun2 mou4 si6, jung4 jan4 dzi6 jiu2 dzi1
      • Guangdong Romanization: tin1 ha6 bun2 mou4 xi6, yung4 yen4 ji6 yiu2 ji1
      • IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ häː²² puːn³⁵ mou̯²¹ siː²² jʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː²² jiːu̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

天下本無事，庸人自擾之

  1. to bring angst or trouble on oneself; to try to fix something that was not broken in the first place
    處女座容易陷入天下本無事庸人自擾之的情緒中，根本都沒有什麼事情發生，心情要放開一點不要想太多。 [MSC, trad.]
    处女座容易陷入天下本无事庸人自扰之的情绪中，根本都没有什么事情发生，心情要放开一点不要想太多。 [MSC, simp.]
    Chǔnǚzuò róngyì xiànrù tiānxiàběnwúshì yōngrénzìrǎozhī de qíngxù zhōng, gēnběn dōu méiyǒu shénme shìqíng fāshēng, xīnqíng yào fàngkāi yīdiǎn bùyào xiǎng tài duō. [Pinyin]
    Virgos will find it easy to fall into the trap of feeling like they should try to fix something that was not broken in the first place. Nothing has actually happened, so relax and don't overthink things.
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