圆珠笔蘸墨水，多事圓珠筆蘸墨水，多事圓珠筆蘸墨水，多事

dipping a ballpoint pen in ink: making extra work

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Adding needless trouble, or meddling in what isn't your business. Mocking.
Wordplay: 多事 (duōshì) means doing an unnecessary extra step and also being a busybody.

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Simplified: 圆珠笔蘸墨水，多事
Traditional (Taiwan): 圓珠筆蘸墨水，多事
Pinyin: yuánzhūbǐ zhàn mòshuǐ, duō shì
Bopomofo: ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ，ㄉㄨㄛㄕˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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