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屁事

Mandarin · pinyin pì shì

(vulgar) trifling matter
mere trifle
goddamn thing
goddamn business

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屁: pì · break wind; fart; buttocks
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

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4–4 · pi4 shi4

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noun

(derogatory, colloquial, vulgar) trivial thing; trifle
(derogatory, colloquial, vulgar) goddamn thing; (none of someone's) goddamn business; to have damn all to do with someone

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