看热闹 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

看热闹的人

2

爱看热闹

3

看别人的热闹

4

挤着看热闹

5

围着看热闹

6

别看热闹，误了正事

Definition

看热闹

Literally means:

watch the excitement/fun;

Actually means:

be a looker-on

It refers to watching the lively and vivacious fun. It also refers to watching in aloofness or even appreciating the misfortunes of others (such as quarreling or fighting) like a looker-on. Derogatory in the latter sense.

指观看热烈、活跃的欢乐场景。也指以冷漠的态度，观看甚至欣赏发生在别人身上的不好的事情（如吵架、打架等）。后一种情况含贬义。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive or object. It can be with other words in between. (作谓语、定语、宾语，中间可以插入别的词语)

1

Tīngshuō

听说

jīntiān

今天

zhāng

张

jiā

家

dàérzi

大儿子

jiéhūn

结婚

,

cūnzi

村子

lǐ

里

de

的

háizi

孩子

dōu

都

qù

去

kànrènao

看热闹

le

了

。

I heard that today Zhang's eldest son married, the children in the village went to see the lively.

2

Zài

在

zhǎnxiāohuì

展销会

shàng

上

,

kànrènao

看热闹

de

的

rén

人

hěn

很

duō

多

,

zhēnzhèng

真正

mǎi

买

dōngxī

东西

de

的

bìng

并

bù

不

duō

多

。

At the trade fair, there were a lot of people watching the excitement, and there weren't many people who really bought things.

3

Tā

她

zhège

这个

rén

人

jiù

就

ài

爱

kàn

看

biéren

别人

de

的

rènao

热闹

,

lián

连

rénjiā

人家

xiǎohái

小孩

áidǎ

挨打

,

fūqī

夫妻

chǎojià

吵架

tā

她

yě

也

yào

要

kàn

看

。

She this person loves to see other people's lively, even other people's children were beaten, husband and wife quarrel she also want to see.