吹鼓手赶集,没事找市吹鼓手趕集,沒事找市吹鼓手趕集,沒事找市

a wedding-band trumpeter going to market: looking for a market (市) when there's nothing to do

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said of someone with nothing to do who goes looking for trouble. Mocking.
Wordplay: 市 (shì, market) is written for 事 (shì, affair), so 'look for a market' also means 'pick a quarrel'.

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Simplified: 吹鼓手赶集,没事找市
Traditional (Taiwan): 吹鼓手趕集,沒事找市
Pinyin: chuīgǔshǒu gǎnjí,méishì zhǎo shì
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄟㄍㄨˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧˊ,ㄇㄟˊ ㄕˋ ㄓㄠˇ ㄕˋ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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