多一事不如少一事

Traditional form:

多一事不如少一事

Pinyin (reading):

duōyīshìbùrúshǎoyīshì

Definitions:

• it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
• the less complications the better

Characters:

• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

Traditional characters:

• 多 - much, many, multi-; more than, over
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident