📖 Meaning
Not worth being surprised by; nothing out of the ordinary. It describes a situation or phenomenon that is so common or expected that it warrants no astonishment.
📜 Origin Story
The phrase traces back to the Song dynasty, appearing in Bi Zhongyou's elegiac text 'Ji Fan Deru Wen' (祭范德孺文). Bi Zhongyou praised Fan Deru for his public-spiritedness, noting that people admired his greatness while forgetting his private interests—otherwise such devotion would itself be nothing remarkable. Over time the expression came to denote anything so commonplace that it is not worth remarking upon.
💡 Example Usage
他经常迟到，大家早已不足为奇了。
He is often late, so everyone has long found it nothing surprising.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 不足为奇
- Pinyin: bù zú wéi qí
- Literal Translation: not, worth, to be, strange
- Category: Attitude
- Characters: 4