ask for trouble(bō cǎo xún shé)
ask for trouble
Poking grass for snakes, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ō C ǎ ox ú NSH é, which means to provoke villains and trouble themselves. It comes from Peony Pavilion: Huisheng.
Analysis of Idioms
Asking for trouble
The origin of Idioms
Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the Peony Pavilion: if I kill you, I'll pluck grass and seek snakes. If I kill you, I'll wait for the rabbit
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or object; used to make trouble. "I think about plucking grass to look for snakes, but this time there are no snakes." now you are afraid of the new reform of the Empress Dowager's obstruction. You should turn back the grass to seek the snake and lift up the Empress Dowager's side! (the 12th chapter of Huang Xiaopei's damabian in Qing Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : bō cǎo xún shé
ask for trouble
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spit out a mouthful in the middle of eating and bind up one 's hair in the midst of a bath in order to see visitors
spit out a mouthful in the middle of eating and bind up one 's hair in the midst of a bath in order to see visitors. tǔ bǔ zhuō fā
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get the opposite of what one wants
get the opposite of what one wants. shì yù xīn wéi
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feel dizzy and with one 's eyesight dimmed
feel dizzy and with one 's eyesight dimmed. tóu hūn yǎn yūn
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Look out for the white clouds
Look out for the white clouds. wàng duàn bái yún
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become intimate at the first meeting
become intimate at the first meeting. qīng gài rú gù
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