惹

to provoke / to irritate / to vex / to stir up / to anger / to attract (troubles) / to cause (problems)

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

to seem / like / as / if

to cause trouble

not to be trifled with / not to be pushed around / stand no nonsense

variant of 惹是生非[re3 shi4 sheng1 fei1]

can't afford to offend / dare not provoke / difficult to deal with / insufferable

Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)

motherfucker (loanword)

to provoke (esp. annoyance, disgust etc) / to offend / to attract (attention)

to stir up trouble / to get into trouble

Nyonya / see 峇峇娘惹[Ba1 ba1 Niang2 re3]

accommodating / easy to push around