大事化小，小事化了

Chinese

		important matter; big deal; major event important matter; big deal; major event; great thing	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young		trifle; trivial matter; minor thing	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (大事化小，小事化了)		大事	化	小	，	小事	化	了
simp. #(大事化小，小事化了)		大事	化	小	，	小事	化	了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshìh huà siǎo, siǎoshìh huà liǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih⁴ hua⁴ hsiao³, hsiao³-shih⁴ hua⁴ liao³
    • Yale: dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-, syǎu-shr̀ hwà lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyh huah sheau, sheaushyh huah leau
    • Palladius: даши хуа сяо, сяоши хуа ляо (daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵
    • Yale: daaih sih fa síu, síu sih fa líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xi⁶ fa³ xiu², xiu² xi⁶ fa³ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ liːu̯¹³/

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

Dialectal synonyms of 大事化小，小事化了 (“turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		大事化小，小事化了, 大事化小，小事化無
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	大事化小，小事化了
	Taiwan	大事化小，小事化無
Cantonese	Hong Kong	大事化小，小事化無