麻烦
má fan
trouble; inconvenience
inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
tangled hemp (麻) + burning head (烦) = trouble and bother
Hemp plants (林 under a roof 广) are tangled and rough to process — messy work. Add a hot, burning head (火 + 页) and you have the full feeling of being bothered and flustered.
这件事真麻烦，我不知道怎么办。
zhè jiàn shì zhēn má fan，wǒ bù zhī dào zěn me bàn。
This matter is really troublesome; I don't know what to do.
麻烦你帮我看一下这份文件。
má fan nǐ bāng wǒ kàn yī xià zhè fèn wén jiàn。
I'll trouble you to take a look at this document for me.