See 大事化小，小事化無 on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Literally: Reduce major issues to minor ones, and minor ones to nothing.",
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"Turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all."
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"sounds": [
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"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàshì huà xiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiǎoshì huà wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tōa-sū hòa sió"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sió-sū hòa bô"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàshì huà xiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiǎoshì huà wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàshìh huà siǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "siǎoshìh huà wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ta⁴-shih⁴ hua⁴ hsiao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsiao³-shih⁴ hua⁴ wu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syǎu-shr̀ hwà wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "dahshyh huah sheau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "sheaushyh huah wu"
},
{
"roman": "daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua u",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "даши хуа сяо"
},
{
"roman": "daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua u",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сяоши хуа у"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih sih fa síu"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "síu sih fa mòuh"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ xi⁶ fa³ xiu²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xiu² xi⁶ fa³ mou⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ mou̯²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tōa-sū hòa sió"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sió-sū hòa bô"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tuā-sū huà sió"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "sió-sū huà bô"
},
{
"ipa": "/tua³³⁻²¹ su³³ hua²¹⁻⁴¹ siɤ⁴¹ siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³ hua²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tua³³⁻¹¹ su³³ hua¹¹⁻⁵³ sio⁵³ sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³ hua¹¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
}
],
"word": "大事化小，小事化無"
}
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"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 事",
"Chinese terms spelled with 化",
"Chinese terms spelled with 大",
"Chinese terms spelled with 小",
"Chinese terms spelled with 無",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"glosses": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàshì huà xiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiǎoshì huà wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tōa-sū hòa sió"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sió-sū hòa bô"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàshì huà xiǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiǎoshì huà wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dàshìh huà siǎo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "siǎoshìh huà wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "ta⁴-shih⁴ hua⁴ hsiao³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsiao³-shih⁴ hua⁴ wu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syǎu-shr̀ hwà wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "dahshyh huah sheau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "sheaushyh huah wu"
},
{
"roman": "daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua u",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "даши хуа сяо"
},
{
"roman": "daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua u",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сяоши хуа у"
},
{
"ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "daaih sih fa síu"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "síu sih fa mòuh"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "dai⁶ xi⁶ fa³ xiu²"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xiu² xi⁶ fa³ mou⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ mou̯²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
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]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "tōa-sū hòa sió"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "sió-sū hòa bô"
},
{
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],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "tuā-sū huà sió"
},
{
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"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "sió-sū huà bô"
},
{
"ipa": "/tua³³⁻²¹ su³³ hua²¹⁻⁴¹ siɤ⁴¹ siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³ hua²¹⁻⁴¹ bɤ²³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tua³³⁻¹¹ su³³ hua¹¹⁻⁵³ sio⁵³ sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³ hua¹¹⁻⁵³ bo²⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
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],
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"Written-vernacular-Chinese"
],
"word": "大事化小，小事化了"
},
{
"tags": [
"Northeastern-Mandarin",
"Beijing"
],
"word": "大事化小，小事化了"
}
],
"word": "大事化小，小事化無"
}
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