make(/stir up) trouble; provoke a fight; seek a quarrel ? 這時(shí)吳七正巴不得尋事惹非,…(高云覽《小城春秋》193) Wu the Seventh had just been thinking of provoking a fight.
尋事生非
stir up(or make)trouble;seek a quarrel
尋事生非xún shì shēnɡ fēi
形容有意制造事端。make trouble, seek a quarrel, stir up trouble