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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 小题大做

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
小题大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò - to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 11,390 49,646 36,847

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiǎo- small
- tiny
- few
- young
- surname Ti
- topic
- problem for discussion
- exam question
- subject
- to inscribe
- to mention
- CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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)

Other Words Containing 小题大做

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
小题大做 - - 11,390 49,646 36,847