无事生非 wú shì shēng fēi

to make trouble out of nothing

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 37249th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to make trouble out of nothing

Characters

Character Meaning
无 wú HSK 4
not; no; not to have
事 shì HSK 2
matter; thing; affair
生 shēng HSK 1
life; to be born; raw
非 fēi HSK 2
not; to not be; non-