小題大作

See also: 小题大作

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make
trad. (小題大作)		小	題	大	作
simp. (小题大作)		小	题	大	作
alternative forms		小題大做／小题大做
Literally: “to make a big work out of a small topic”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎotídàzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ zok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-thê-tāi-chok / siáu-tê-tāi-chok / sió-tê-tāi-chok / sió-tôe-tāi-chok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎotídàzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎotídàzuò
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tʻi²-ta⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-tí-dà-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautyidahtzuoh
    • Palladius: сяотидацзо (sjaotidaczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ zok³
    • Yale: síu tàih daaih jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tai⁴ daai⁶ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² tei⁴ dai⁶ zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹ taːi̯²² t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-thê-tāi-chok
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-thê-tāi-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'te'daixzog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe²⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-tê-tāi-chok
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-tê-tāi-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'de'daixzog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-tê-tāi-chok
    • Tâi-lô: sió-tê-tāi-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'de'daixzog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-tôe-tāi-chok
    • Tâi-lô: sió-tuê-tāi-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'doe'daixzog
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/

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