小題大作

See also: 小题大作

Chinese
 
small; tiny; few; young
 
topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
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
variant forms 小題大做／小题大做
Literally: “to make a big work out of a small topic”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-tê-tāi-chok / sió-tôe-tāi-chok
      • Tâi-lô: sió-tê-tāi-tsok / sió-tuê-tāi-tsok
      • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'de'daixzog, sioy'doe'daixzog
      • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²⁴⁻²² taɪ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/, /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻²² taɪ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te²⁴⁻²² taɪ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/, /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tue²⁴⁻²² taɪ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te¹³⁻²² taɪ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/, /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue¹³⁻²² taɪ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
      • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te²⁴⁻¹¹ taɪ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/, /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tue²⁴⁻¹¹ taɪ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te²³⁻³³ taɪ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/, /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tue²³⁻³³ taɪ³³⁻²¹ 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
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