大事化小，小事化無

See also: 大事化小，小事化无

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	not have
trad. (大事化小，小事化無)		大事	化	小	，	小事	化	無
simp. (大事化小，小事化无)		大事	化	小	，	小事	化	无

Etymology

Literally: Reduce major issues to minor ones, and minor ones to nothing.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà wú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-sū hòa sió, sió-sū hòa bô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà wú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàshìh huà siǎo, siǎoshìh huà wú
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih⁴ hua⁴ hsiao³, hsiao³-shih⁴ hua⁴ wu²
  - Yale: dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-, syǎu-shr̀ hwà wú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyh huah sheau, sheaushyh huah wu
  - Palladius: даши хуа сяо, сяоши хуа у (daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴
  - Yale: daaih sih fa síu, síu sih fa mòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xi⁶ fa³ xiu², xiu² xi⁶ fa³ mou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ mou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-sū hòa sió, sió-sū hòa bô
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-sū huà sió, sió-sū huà bô
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ su³³ hua²¹⁻⁴¹ siɤ⁴¹ siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³ hua²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ su³³ hua¹¹⁻⁵³ sio⁵³ sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³ hua¹¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴/

Proverb

大事化小，小事化無

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 edit
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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	大事化小，小事化無
Cantonese	Hong Kong	大事化小，小事化無