大事化小，小事化無
dà​shì​huà​xiǎo​xiǎo​shì​huà​wú

to minimize problems

  • created sense approved 大事化小，小事化无/大事化小，小事化無 · dà​shì​huà​xiǎo​xiǎo​shì​huà​wú · to minimize problems — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大事化小，小事化无 / 大事化小，小事化無

    dà​shì​huà​xiǎo​xiǎo​shì​huà​wú

    to minimize problems

    to turn big problems into small ones and small ones into nothing; to settle a matter by reducing its importance and eventually making it disappear

    大事化小 (literal) → 大事化小 · dà​shì​huà​xiǎo · to minimize big problems ， (non_chinese) 小事 (literal) → 小事 · xiǎo​shì · trifle 化 (literal) → 化 · huà · to change 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have

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    created sense