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小题大作

xiǎo tí dà zuò

4-character word Traditional 小題大作

What 小题大作 means

1. variant of {小题大做|xiǎo tí dà zuò}

The characters in 小题大作

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 题títopic; problem for discussion; exam question
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign

Example sentences

• 他小题大作。
  Tā xiǎo tí dàzuò.
  He makes mountains out of molehills.

Sounds the same

Read xiǎo tí dà zuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 小题大做to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)