人争闲气一场空人爭閒氣一場空人爭閒氣一場空

people fight over idle anger, and it all comes to nothing

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Getting worked up over petty matters is worthless and gains you nothing. Used to advise someone to let a trivial quarrel go.

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Simplified: 人争闲气一场空
Traditional (Taiwan): 人爭閒氣一場空
Pinyin: rén zhēngxiánqì yìchángkōng
Bopomofo: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄥㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧˋ ㄧˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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