惹是生非

to stir up trouble

variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)

to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

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

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must