We’ll explain 「惹事生非」 clearly, including its application and pinyin in both Mandarin and Cantonese.

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Here’s the idiom 「惹事生非」, with its definition and practical application described below.

To stir up trouble and cause disputes.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rě shì shēng fēi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ye5 si6 sang1 fei1

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