大事化小，小事化了

Chinese

important matter; big deal; major event
important matter; big deal; major event; great thing
 
to make into; to change into; ‑ization
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
 trifle; trivial matter; minor thing
to make into; to change into; ‑ization
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
 
trad. (大事化小，小事化了) 大事 化 小 ， 小事 化 了
simp. #(大事化小，小事化了) 大事 化 小 ， 小事 化 了

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): daai6 si6 faa3 siu2, siu2 si6 faa3 liu5
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo
      • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshìh huà siǎo, siǎoshìh huà liǎo
      • Wade–Giles: ta4-shih4 hua4 hsiao3, hsiao3-shih4 hua4 liao3
      • Yale: dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-, syǎu-shr̀ hwà lyǎu
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyh huah sheau, sheaushyh huah leau
      • Palladius: даши хуа сяо, сяоши хуа ляо (daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua ljao)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

大事化小，小事化了

  1. Turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大事化小，小事化了 (“turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大事化小，小事化了, 大事化小，小事化無
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 大事化小，小事化了
Taiwan 大事化小，小事化無
Cantonese Hong Kong 大事化小，小事化無
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