鸡犬不宁

nào de zhěng gè chéng shì jī quǎn bù níng

闹得整个城市鸡犬不宁

stir up a tempest in the whole city

nà shí wǒ men cūn zi bèi zhè xiē tǔ fěi jiǎo de jī quǎn bù níng

那时我们村子被这些土匪搅得鸡犬不宁。

When those bandits came the whole, village was in turmoil.

nào de jiā zhōng jī quǎn bù níng

闹得家中鸡犬不宁

stir the whole family into a tempest

bù bì wèi le zhè xiē xiǎo shì nòng de jī quǎn bù níng

不必为了这些小事弄得鸡犬不宁。

There is no need for these trivial matters to cause pandemonium.