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邪魔 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bother verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  • bug noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
  • hindrance noun Something that gets in the way or slows progress; an obstacle.
  • interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
  • interruption noun An act of breaking in on something, or a pause caused by this.
  • obstacle noun Something that blocks progress or makes it harder to move forward, whether physical or figurative.

Senses

邪魔 is used for these senses in English:

  • bother Trouble, inconvenience.
  • bug (informal, transitive) To annoy.
  • hindrance Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
  • in the way (idiomatic) Obstructing, blocking, or hindering.
  • interrupt (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
  • interruption The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
  • obstacle Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively

bother — full definition

  1. verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  2. verb To take the trouble to do something, especially when it might be seen as unnecessary.
  3. noun A minor annoyance, fuss, or inconvenience.
  4. intj A mild exclamation of annoyance.

bug — full definition

  1. noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
  2. noun An error or flaw in a computer program or piece of software.
  3. noun A minor, usually short-lived illness, or the germ that causes it.
  4. noun A hidden device used to secretly record or transmit conversations.
  5. verb To annoy or irritate someone.

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