大惊小怪 (大驚小怪)
dà jīng xiǎo guài
Pinyin

Definition

大惊小怪 (大驚小怪)
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dà jīng xiǎo guài
  1. to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
不足为怪
bù zú wéi guài
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

什么啊，瞧你大惊小怪的。
shénme a ，qiáo nǐ dàjīngxiǎoguài de 。
What? You're just making a fuss over nothing, aren't you?
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那我自己去办。一点儿小事，就那么大惊小怪的。真没劲！
nà wǒ zìjǐ qù bàn 。yīdiǎnr xiǎoshì ，jiù nàme dàjīngxiǎoguài de 。zhēn méijìn ！
OK then, I will go get one myself. You have to make such a big deal out of nothing. It's so tedious!
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失踪？怎么可能？也许他出去走走，看看风景。你别大惊小怪的，很多来寂州的人都是这样。
shīzōng ？zěnme kěnéng ？yěxǔ tā chūqù zǒu zou ，kàn kan fēngjǐng 。nǐ bié dàjīngxiǎoguài de ，hěn duō lái Jìzhōu de rén dōu shì zhèyàng 。
Disappeared? How is that possible? Maybe he went out for a walk, to have a look at the scenery. Don't make a big deal out of it... a lot of people that come to Jizhou do that.
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