A: Wang’s marriage dispute has finally come to an end.
B: You’re still gossiping about it. Why are you so interested in his marital affairs?
A: It’s just a healthy dose of curiosity.
Photo: Wang Wen-lin, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報王文麟
B: There’s an old saying: “Even a great judge finds it hard to settle a family quarrel.” So outsiders should keep their noses out of private family matters.
A: 老王的婚姻糾紛終於要落幕啦。
B: 你還真八卦，那麼關注他離婚的消息。
A: 我很好奇嘛，這不就是人們的天性嗎？
B: 俗話說：「清官難斷家務事。」這是人家夫妻之間的家務事，外人還是少插手吧。
（Translated by Edward Jones, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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A healthy dose of curiosity
The speaker uses this set phrase to persuade their interlocutor that interest in Wang’s marital affairs does not constitute gossip, but is just natural curiosity.
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