The word 多管闲事 is formed by combining 多 (many), 管 (to manage/interfere), 闲 (idle/unrelated), and 事 (matter/affair). 多管 means "to interfere too much", and 闲事 means "idle matters" or "other people's business". Together, they literally mean "to meddle in too many idle matters", expressing the concept of unnecessary meddling.