大事化小，小事化了

dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo

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

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Child Words of 大事化小，小事化了

• 了 了 le: (completed action marker)
• 事 事 shì: matter
• 化 化 huà: to make into
• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 大事 大事 dà shì: major event
• 小 小 xiǎo: small
• 了 了 liǎo: (of eyes) bright
• 小事 小事 xiǎo shì: trifle