关...什么事

      Mandarin

      simpl. ...什么
      trad. 關...什麼事

      Etymology

      • ("relate to; concern") + 什么 ("what") + ("matter")

      Verb

      关...什么事 (simplified, Pinyin guān...shénme shì, traditional 關...什麼事)

      1. (colloquial) none of someone's business
        性生活怎么样
        关你什么事
        A: How's your sex life?
        B: What's it to you?

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      References

      • 2005, Yu Feng; Zhijie Jia, Jie Cai, Yaohua Shi, Judith M. Amory, Pop Chinese: A Cheng & Tsui Handbook Of Contemporary Colloquial Expressions (Cheng & Tsui Asian Dictionary Series) (话是这么说:中国当代流行语手册) (in English/Chinese), Boston: Cheng & Tsui, ISBN 0-88727-424-2:
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