大事化小，小事化無

See also: 大事化小，小事化无

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	not have
trad. (大事化小，小事化無)		大事	化	小	，	小事	化	無
simp. (大事化小，小事化无)		大事	化	小	，	小事	化	无

Etymology

Literally: Reduce major issues to minor ones, and minor ones to nothing.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà wú

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà wú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshìh huà siǎo, siǎoshìh huà wú
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shih⁴ hua⁴ hsiao³, hsiao³-shih⁴ hua⁴ wu²
    • Yale: dà-shr̀ hwà syǎu-, syǎu-shr̀ hwà wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshyh huah sheau, sheaushyh huah wu
    • Palladius: даши хуа сяо, сяоши хуа у (daši xua sjao, sjaoši xua u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴
    • Yale: daaih sih fa síu, síu sih fa mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ si⁶ faa³ siu², siu² si⁶ faa³ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xi⁶ fa³ xiu², xiu² xi⁶ fa³ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siː²² faː³³ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siː²² faː³³ mou̯²¹/

Proverb

大事化小，小事化無

1. Turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all.

Synonyms

• 大事化小，小事化了 (dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo)