大事化小，小事化了

dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo

Dictionary entry

to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)

What does 大事化小，小事化了 mean?

大事化小，小事化了 (dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)

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大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)事shìmatter · thing 化huāvariant of 花[hua1]小xiǎosmall · tiny 了le(completed action marker) · (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)

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How to pronounce 大事化小，小事化了

大事化小，小事化了

dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo

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