小题大作
xiǎo​tí​dà​zuò

to make a big fuss over nothing

  • created reference approved 小题大作/小題大作 → 小题大做/小題大做 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    小题大作 / 小題大作 xiǎo​tí​dà​zuò

    小题大做 / 小題大做 xiǎo​tí​dà​zuò

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 小题大作/小題大作 · xiǎo​tí​dà​zuò · to make a big fuss over nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    小题大作 / 小題大作

    xiǎo​tí​dà​zuò

    to make a big fuss over nothing

    to make a mountain out of a molehill; to treat a minor issue as a major problem, often with intentional exaggeration

    小 (literal) → 小 · xiǎo · small 题 (literal) → 题/題 · tí · topic 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to do

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense