大事化小，小事化了 in English da4 shi4 hua4 xiao3 , xiao3 shi4 hua4 liao3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

大 事 化 小 ， 小 事 化 了

Traditional Characters

大 事 化 小 ， 小 事 化 了

Pinyin

da4 shi4 hua4 xiao3 , xiao3 shi4 hua4 liao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

大da4big 事shi4matter 化hua4variant of 花[hua1] 小xiao3small ， 小xiao3small 事shi4matter 化hua4variant of 花[hua1] 了le5(completed action marker)