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The character "烦" originates from a vivid conceptual composition, combining the semantic component for fire, 火, with the component 頁, which represents a head. This traditional form, "煩", visually suggests a state of overheating or feverish distress affecting the mind, initially conveying meanings related to physical heat, headache, and burning agitation. Over time, the application of this term shifted decisively from the physical to the psychological, emphasizing mental agitation, vexation, and annoyance. This semantic expansion allowed the character to describe not only an internal state of bother but also an external source of that feeling, such as a bothersome matter or a tedious task, thereby encapsulating both the feeling of being troubled and the act of troubling others within its single concise form.
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请你别来烦我。
他很烦人。
这工作很烦琐。
我烦请你帮个忙。
最近有很多烦心事。
解决这个烦人的问题花了很长时间。
他总为一些琐事烦心。
别让过去的烦恼影响现在的你。