| 小题大做 |
xiǎo tí dà zuò |
to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) |
| 小 |
xiǎo |
small / tiny / few / young |
| 题 |
Tí |
surname Ti |
| 题 |
tí |
topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL:个,道 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 做 |
zuò |
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) |