"事大" meaning in Chinese

See 事大 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /siː²² taːi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/, /siː²² taːi̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: shìdà [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕˋ ㄉㄚˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], si⁶ daai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shìdà [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shìhdà [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shih⁴-ta⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shr̀-dà [Mandarin, Yale], shyhdah [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шида [Mandarin, Palladius], šida [Mandarin, Palladius], sih daaih [Cantonese, Yale], si⁶ daai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xi⁶ dai⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 事⫽大 [canonical]
Etymology: From Mencius: 惟智者為能以小事大。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]惟智者为能以小事大。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE Wéi zhìzhě wèi néng yǐ xiǎo shìdà. [Pinyin] It requires a wise [ruler] to be able with a small State to serve a great. Etymology templates: {{zh-x|惟 智者 為 能 以 小 事大。|It requires a wise 􂀿ruler􂁀 to be able with a small State to serve a great.|collapsed=1|ref=Mencius}} 惟智者為能以小事大。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]惟智者为能以小事大。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE Wéi zhìzhě wèi néng yǐ xiǎo shìdà. [Pinyin] It requires a wise [ruler] to be able with a small State to serve a great. Head templates: {{zh-verb|type=vo}} 事⫽大 (verb-object)
  1. (historical) (of small states) to serve the great country (China) Tags: historical, verb-object Derived forms: 事大主義 (shìdà zhǔyì), 事大主义 (shìdà zhǔyì)
    Sense id: en-事大-zh-verb-0C0jjJ5e Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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