I asked ChatGPT about the etymology of the word 麻煩 and it gave me this answer:
"麻 (hemp, a f
麻 do mean hemp when it’s used as a single word. The character itself is a symbol of the stem of hemp.,麻煩 means “inconvenient”, like something is so complicated that makes you feel annoyed.
It makes sense for me that 麻煩 came for the complicated procedures of processing the hemp.,Which is of course the main material to make clothes for ancient Chinese people.
It makes sense for me that 麻煩 came for the complicated procedures of processing the hemp.,Which is of course the main material to make clothes for ancient Chinese people.
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