Meaning of 大惊小怪
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
dàjīngxiǎoguài
- to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
大惊小怪 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
别大惊小怪的。
Don't make a big deal out of it.
她大惊小怪地皱了皱鼻子。
She squeamishly wrinkled her nose.
Stroke order for each character
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大 dà · big · 3 strokes
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惊 jīng · to startle · 11 strokes
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小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes
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怪 guài · odd · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 大惊小怪.
| 小姐 | xiǎojiě | young lady; miss |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 小朋友 | xiǎopéngyǒu | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 小孩儿 | xiǎoháir | erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] |
| 小学生 | xiǎoxuéshēng | primary school student; schoolchild |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 小心 | xiǎoxīn | to be careful; to take care |
| 大人 | dàren | adult; grownup |
Questions about 大惊小怪
What does 大惊小怪 mean?
大惊小怪 (dàjīng-xiǎoguài) means "to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)".
How do you write 大惊小怪?
大惊小怪 is made of 4 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 惊 (11 strokes), 小 (3 strokes), 怪 (8 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.
Is 大惊小怪 an HSK word?
Yes. 大惊小怪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 大惊小怪 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 大惊小怪 is written 大驚小怪.