📖 Meaning
Not worth caring about; beneath one's notice. It describes treating something as too trivial to concern oneself with. Often used to brush off a slight or setback as insignificant.
📜 Origin Story
The phrase traces to the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguo Zhi), in the biography of Liu Bei (the First Ruler of Shu). Liu Bei dismissed Yuan Shu as a mere rotting corpse in a tomb, not worth worrying about. The expression thus came to mean that something is too insignificant to merit attention or concern.
💡 Example Usage
这点小挫折不足介意，我们继续努力就是了。
Such a minor setback is not worth worrying about; let's just keep working hard.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 不足介意
- Pinyin: bù zú jiè yì
- Literal Translation: not, worth, mind, about
- Category: Attitude
- Characters: 4