無理取鬧

Chinese

		to be unreasonable; to be unjust; unreasonable
trad. (無理取鬧)		無理	取鬧
simp. (无理取闹)		无理	取闹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúlǐqǔnào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩˇ ㄋㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ lei⁵ ceoi² naau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúlǐqǔnào [Phonetic: wúlíqǔnào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄩˇ ㄋㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúlǐcyǔnào
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-li³-chʻü³-nao⁴
    • Yale: wú-lǐ-chyǔ-nàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuliicheunaw
    • Palladius: улицюйнао (ulicjujnao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ lei⁵ ceoi² naau⁶
    • Yale: mòuh léih chéui naauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ lei⁵ tsoey² naau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ léi⁵ cêu² nao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ lei̯¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ naːu̯²²/

Idiom

無理取鬧

1. to make a fuss out of nothing; to throw a tantrum without reason; to be deliberately provocative
2. vexatious
   • 2023 July 9, 簡立欣, 中國時報‎:

     2019年總統蔡英文母校倫敦政經學院（LSE）替蔡英文的學位背書，發出一則聲明，旅美學者林環牆依照英國資訊自由法（FOIA）訊問LSE那則聲明的出處，被校方認為是「無理取鬧（vexatious）」

     LSE to issued an announcement to support Tsai Ing-wen's degree in 2019. Hwan-Chyang Lin, a scholar in the United States, asked for the source of the announcement, which was described as "vexatious" by the college.