大事化小，小事化了

dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo

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Definitions

  1. 1. to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)

Child Words of 大事化小，小事化了

了
le

(completed action marker)

事
shì

matter

化
huà

to make into

大
dà

big; large; great

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]

大事
dà shì

major event

小
xiǎo

small

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright

小事
xiǎo shì

trifle