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 (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) 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

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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    小題大作 / 小题大作
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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

to make a fuss over a trifling matter; to make a mountain out of a molehill; to blow out of proportion