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天下本無事,庸人自擾之

天下本無事,庸人自擾之

Chinese

the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
 
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
to have no further business; to have nothing further to discuss 's; him/her/it; this
trad. (天下本無事,庸人自擾之) 天下 無事 庸人自擾
simp. (天下本无事,庸人自扰之) 天下 无事 庸人自扰

Idiom

天下本無事,庸人自擾之

  1. to not think things through, and thereby create unnecessary trouble for oneself; to try to fix something that was not broken in the first place
    處女座容易陷入天下本無事庸人自擾之情緒根本沒有什麼事情發生心情一點不要
    Virgos will find it easy to fall into the trap of feeling like they should try to fix something that was not broken in the first place. Nothing has actually happened, so relax and don't overthink things.