"大事化小,小事化了" meaning in Chinese

See 大事化小,小事化了 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

IPA: /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ liːu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|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: 大事化小,小事化無 [formal, Written-vernacular-Chinese], 大事化小,小事化無 [Northeastern-Mandarin, Taiwan], 大事化小,小事化無 [Cantonese]
    Sense id: en-大事化小,小事化了-zh-proverb-TyRkHlXr Categories (other): Cantonese proverbs, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese proverbs, Mandarin proverbs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàshì huà xiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiǎoshì huà liǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàshì huà xiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiǎoshì huà liǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàshìh huà siǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǎoshìh huà liǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-shih⁴ hua⁴ hsiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiao³-shih⁴ hua⁴ liao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syǎu-shr̀ hwà lyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahshyh huah sheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sheaushyh huah leau"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua ljao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "даши хуа сяо"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua ljao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сяоши хуа ляо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daaih sih fa síu"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "síu sih fa líuh"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dai⁶ xi⁶ fa³ xiu²"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiu² xi⁶ fa³ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ liːu̯¹³/",
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Mandarin",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "dàshì huà xiǎo"
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    {
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiǎoshì huà liǎo"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàshìh huà siǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siǎoshìh huà liǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-shih⁴ hua⁴ hsiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsiao³-shih⁴ hua⁴ liao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syǎu-shr̀ hwà lyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahshyh huah sheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sheaushyh huah leau"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua ljao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "даши хуа сяо"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сяоши хуа ляо"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daaih sih fa síu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "síu sih fa líuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dai⁶ xi⁶ fa³ xiu²"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiu² xi⁶ fa³ liu⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ liːu̯¹³/",
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      "word": "大事化小,小事化無"
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      "word": "大事化小,小事化無"
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      "word": "大事化小,小事化無"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大事化小,小事化了"
}

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