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小
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To make a fuss about nothing (idiom) in Chinese: 大惊小怪 (dà jīng xiǎo guài)

dà jīng xiǎo guài

to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 大驚小怪1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)

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大
惊
小
怪

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄥ

jīng

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄠˇ

xiǎo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄍㄨㄞˋ

guài

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

大惊小怪

Simplified

大驚小怪

Traditional

Example sentences

See 大惊小怪 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这点小事，你别大惊小怪的。

    zhè diǎn xiǎo shì， nǐ bié dà jīng xiǎo guài de。

    It's a trivial thing; don't make such a fuss over it.

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Related words

大

dà

big

小

xiǎo

small

怪

guài

bewildering

惊

jīng

to startle

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

大家

dà jiā

everyone

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

奇怪

qí guài

strange

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

吃惊

chī jīng

to be startled

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

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