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大事化小，小事化無

简大事化小，小事化无 · 繁大事化小，小事化無

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdaai6 si6 faa3 siu2 siu2 si6 faa3 mou4

to minimise big problems, to turn small issues into no problems

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

daai66 · low levelsi66 · low levelfaa33 · mid levelsiu22 · high risingsiu22 · high risingsi66 · low levelfaa33 · mid levelmou44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

daaidaai1—歹daai2bad 带daai3banddaai4—daai5—大daai6

si斯si1this 史si2history 试si3to test 时si4o'clock 市si5market 事si6matter

faa花faa1flowerfaa2—化faa3to make intofaa4—faa5—faa6—

siu消siu1to disappear 小siu2small 笑siu3laugh 韶siu4excellentsiu5—肇siu6at first

moumou1—mou2—mou3—无mou4not to have 武mou5martial 务mou6affair

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

大事化小無无

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: da4 shi4 hua4 xiao3 , xiao3 shi4 hua4 wu2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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