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大惊小怪

dà jīng xiǎo guài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 大驚小怪

大惊小怪 (dà jīng xiǎo guài) means "to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 大惊小怪 means

1. to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)

The characters in 大惊小怪

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange…

Example sentences

• 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。
  Tā dàjīngxiǎoguài de zhòu le zhòu bízi.
  She squeamishly wrinkled her nose.

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