大驚小怪

See also: 大惊小怪

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	queer; to blame
trad. (大驚小怪)		大	驚	小	怪
simp. (大惊小怪)		大	惊	小	怪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàjīngxiǎoguài

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ging¹ siu² gwaai³ / daai⁶ geng¹ siu² gwaai³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tōa-kiaⁿ-sió-koài

(Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ gian¹ siou² guai³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-cin-shiau-kua

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàjīngxiǎoguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàjingsiǎoguài
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ching¹-hsiao³-kuai⁴
  - Yale: dà-jīng-syǎu-gwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjingsheauguay
  - Palladius: дацзинсяогуай (daczinsjaoguaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ ging¹ siu² gwaai³ / daai⁶ geng¹ siu² gwaai³
  - Yale: daaih gīng síu gwaai / daaih gēng síu gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ging¹ siu² gwaai³ / daai⁶ geng¹ siu² gwaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ging¹ xiu² guai³ / dai⁶ géng¹ xiu² guai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kɪŋ⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/, /taːi̯²² kɛːŋ⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-kiaⁿ-sió-koài
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-kiann-sió-kuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxkviasioy'koaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² kiã³³ sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻²² sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dua⁷ gian¹ siou² guai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā kiaⁿ sióu kuài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ kĩã³³⁻²³ siou⁵²⁻³⁵ kuai²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶du-cin-shiau-kua
  - MiniDict: du^去 cin shiau kua
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-jin-xiau-kua
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ɕiɔ³³ kua²¹/

Idiom

大驚小怪

to make a fuss over a trivial matter; much ado about nothing
什麼事兒這麼大驚小怪？ [MSC, trad.]
什么事儿这么大惊小怪？ [MSC, simp.]
Shénme shìr zhème dàjīngxiǎoguài? [Pinyin]
Why so much fuss?

我並不是大驚小怪的人，但那本書淫穢之甚確實讓我大吃一驚。 [MSC, trad.]
我并不是大惊小怪的人，但那本书淫秽之甚确实让我大吃一惊。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bìng bù shì dàjīngxiǎoguài de rén, dàn nà běn shū yínhuì zhī shèn quèshí ràng wǒ dàchīyījīng. [Pinyin]
I'm not easily shocked, but that book really is obscene.

他大驚小怪地對她說。 [MSC, trad.]
他大惊小怪地对她说。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā dàjīngxiǎoguài de duì tā shuō. [Pinyin]
He spoke to her fussily.
- 在我們這樣大的國家裡，有少數人鬧事，並不值得大驚小怪，倒是足以幫助我們克服官僚主義。 [MSC, trad.]
  在我们这样大的国家里，有少数人闹事，并不值得大惊小怪，倒是足以帮助我们克服官僚主义。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zài wǒmen zhèyàng dà de guójiā lǐ, yǒu shǎoshù rén nàoshì, bìngbù zhídé dàjīngxiǎoguài, dàoshì zúyǐ bāngzhù wǒmen kèfú guānliáozhǔyì. [Pinyin]
  In a large country like ours, there is nothing to get alarmed about if small numbers of people create disturbances; on the contrary, such disturbances will help us get rid of bureaucracy.