"小題大作" meaning in Chinese

See 小題大作 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/, /siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/, /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/, /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/, /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/, /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/ Chinese transliterations: xiǎotídàzuò [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ zok³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], siáu-thê-tāi-chok, siáu-tê-tāi-chok, sió-tê-tāi-chok, sió-tôe-tāi-chok, xiǎotídàzuò [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], siǎotídàzuò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsiao³-tʻi²-ta⁴-tso⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], syǎu-tí-dà-dzwò [Mandarin, Yale, standard], sheautyidahtzuoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сяотидацзо [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sjaotidaczo [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], síu tàih daaih jok [Cantonese, Yale], siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ dzok⁸ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xiu² tei⁴ dai⁶ zog³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], siáu-thê-tāi-chok [Hokkien, POJ], siáu-thê-tāi-tsok [Hokkien, Tai-lo], siaw'te'daixzog [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], siáu-tê-tāi-chok [Hokkien, POJ], siáu-tê-tāi-tsok [Hokkien, Tai-lo], siaw'de'daixzog [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sió-tê-tāi-chok [Hokkien, POJ], sió-tê-tāi-tsok [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sioy'de'daixzog [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sió-tôe-tāi-chok [Hokkien, POJ], sió-tuê-tāi-tsok [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sioy'doe'daixzog [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 小题大作, 小題大做
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 小題大作
  1. to make a fuss over a trifling matter; to make a mountain out of a molehill; to blow out of proportion Tags: idiomatic

Alternative forms

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        "to make a fuss over a trifling matter; to make a mountain out of a molehill; to blow out of proportion"
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        [
          "make",
          "make"
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        [
          "fuss",
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        ],
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          "trifling",
          "trifling"
        ],
        [
          "make a mountain out of a molehill",
          "make a mountain out of a molehill"
        ],
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          "blow out of proportion",
          "blow out of proportion"
        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiǎotídàzuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ zok³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "siáu-thê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "siáu-tê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sió-tê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sió-tôe-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiǎotídàzuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siǎotídàzuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsiao³-tʻi²-ta⁴-tso⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syǎu-tí-dà-dzwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheautyidahtzuoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяотидацзо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjaotidaczo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "síu tàih daaih jok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ dzok⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiu² tei⁴ dai⁶ zog³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-thê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-thê-tāi-tsok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siaw'te'daixzog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-tê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-tê-tāi-tsok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siaw'de'daixzog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-tê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-tê-tāi-tsok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sioy'de'daixzog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-tôe-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-tuê-tāi-tsok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sioy'doe'daixzog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ siáu-tê-tāi-chok /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "小題大作"
}
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      "form": "小题大作",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
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    },
    {
      "form": "小題大做"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to make a big work out of a small topic",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 作",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 大",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 小",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 題",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien chengyu",
        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make a fuss over a trifling matter; to make a mountain out of a molehill; to blow out of proportion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "fuss",
          "fuss"
        ],
        [
          "trifling",
          "trifling"
        ],
        [
          "make a mountain out of a molehill",
          "make a mountain out of a molehill"
        ],
        [
          "blow out of proportion",
          "blow out of proportion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiǎotídàzuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ zok³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "siáu-thê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "siáu-tê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sió-tê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sió-tôe-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiǎotídàzuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siǎotídàzuò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsiao³-tʻi²-ta⁴-tso⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syǎu-tí-dà-dzwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheautyidahtzuoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяотидацзо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjaotidaczo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "síu tàih daaih jok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ dzok⁸"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiu² tei⁴ dai⁶ zog³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-thê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-thê-tāi-tsok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siaw'te'daixzog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-tê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-tê-tāi-tsok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siaw'de'daixzog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-tê-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-tê-tāi-tsok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sioy'de'daixzog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-tôe-tāi-chok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-tuê-tāi-tsok"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sioy'doe'daixzog"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ siáu-tê-tāi-chok /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "小題大作"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 小題大作 meaning in Chinese (4.4kB)

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