<p>Looks fine to me.  But you could say 不好意思麻烦你 = sorry for bothering you.  To me 麻烦你 sounds like a more colloquial way of talking about bothering someone or being a trouble for someone.</p>

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user238264
<p>Sounds a little strange to me.</p>

<p><em>Incidentally, one can get beaten up in school simply by referring to oneself as one.</em> - Sheldon Cooper</p>

<p>Here <code>人</code> maps quite well to <code>one</code> as a third person neutral pronoun, but <strong>more often than not</strong>, is used to refer to oneself, such as <code>me</code> or <code>us</code> (although it can also refer to <code>you</code>, <code>her</code> or <code>them</code>, in most contexts, it points to self).</p>

<p>So <code>惹</code> for <code>make</code>, <code>人</code> for <code>one</code>, <code>心</code> for <code>heart (mood)</code>, <code>烦</code> for <code>annoyed</code>: <code>惹人心烦</code> literally means <code>make one annoyed</code>.</p>

<p>Examples:</p>

<p>这天气真是惹人心烦。(The weather really makes one annoyed. (me or us))</p>

<p>楼上的邻居真是惹人心烦。(The upstairs neighbor really makes one annoyed. (me or us))</p>

<p>对你/她来说，那也许是惹人心烦的吧！(you/her)</p>

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<p>The correct way to say you don't want to be a pain in the neck for someone is <code>我不想惹你心烦</code> （yes, you can substitute <code>人</code> directly with <code>你</code> if you are talking to that person). On the other hand,  <code>我不想让你麻烦</code> or <code>我不想麻烦你</code> means something different, something similar to <code>I don't want to bother you</code> or <code>I don't want to trouble you</code>). LadyP's interpretation of <code>麻烦你</code> is correct.</p>

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Aufheben
<p>I am not sure if I used the idiom 惹人心烦 correctly. This is the sentence I used:</p>

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  <p>好啊，然而我不要惹人心烦。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Would that be a good use of it or is there a better way of saying you don't want to be a pain in the neck for someone?</p>

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惹人心烦 is not an idiom (chengyu). A better phrase would be 我不想整天唠叨[láo dāo] to imply that you don't want to be a constant pain in the neck for someone by nagging whole day.
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Correct use of 惹人心烦: is 然而我不要惹人心烦 a suitable way to say you don't want to be a pain in the neck?
# Correct use of 惹人心烦: is 然而我不要惹人心烦 a suitable way to say you don't want to be a pain in the neck?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-07)

I am not sure if I used the idiom 惹人心烦 correctly. This is the sentence I used:

> 好啊，然而我不要惹人心烦。

Would that be a good use of it or is there a better way of saying you don't want to be a pain in the neck for someone?

**Tags:** mandarin, word-choice, idioms

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 惹人心烦 is not an idiom (chengyu). A better phrase would be 我不想整天唠叨[láo dāo] to imply that you don't want to be a constant pain in the neck for someone by nagging whole day.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Looks fine to me. But you could say 不好意思麻烦你 = sorry for bothering you. To me 麻烦你 sounds like a more colloquial way of talking about bothering someone or being a trouble for someone.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-01-14. Score: 1

Sounds a little strange to me.

*Incidentally, one can get beaten up in school simply by referring to oneself as one.* - Sheldon Cooper

Here `人` maps quite well to `one` as a third person neutral pronoun, but **more often than not**, is used to refer to oneself, such as `me` or `us` (although it can also refer to `you`, `her` or `them`, in most contexts, it points to self).

So `惹` for `make`, `人` for `one`, `心` for `heart (mood)`, `烦` for `annoyed`: `惹人心烦` literally means `make one annoyed`.

Examples:

这天气真是惹人心烦。(The weather really makes one annoyed. (me or us))

楼上的邻居真是惹人心烦。(The upstairs neighbor really makes one annoyed. (me or us))

对你/她来说，那也许是惹人心烦的吧！(you/her)

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The correct way to say you don't want to be a pain in the neck for someone is `我不想惹你心烦` （yes, you can substitute `人` directly with `你` if you are talking to that person). On the other hand, `我不想让你麻烦` or `我不想麻烦你` means something different, something similar to `I don't want to bother you` or `I don't want to trouble you`). LadyP's interpretation of `麻烦你` is correct.


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