自找麻烦

自找麻煩
zìzhǎomáfan
  1. to ask for trouble
  2. to invite difficulties

CEDICT

自己增加自己的负担、困扰。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 自找 zìzhǎo
  1. to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions
  2. you asked for it
  3. to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant)
2 麻烦 máfan
  1. trouble; inconvenience
  2. inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
  3. to bother sb; to put sb to trouble

Related entries

找不自在 zhǎobùzìzai
  1. to ask for trouble
  2. to bring misfortune on oneself
引水入墙 yǐnshuǐrùqiáng
  1. lit. to lead the water through the wall
  2. to ask for trouble (idiom)