WordTaiwan frequency #20,385
大驚小怪
ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
“to make an unnecessary fuss over something trivial; to overreact to a minor matter”
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大
ㄉㄚˋ
Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.
驚
ㄐㄧㄥ
to startle or frighten; to be alarmed or scared; to be shocked or shaken; to be disturbed or agitated
小
ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Small; tiny; few; young; junior; humble self-reference; to belittle; bad person; child; concubine.
怪
ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Strange, odd, unusual; a monster or supernatural being; to blame or find fault; to be surprised; somewhat or rather.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 大陸ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋmainland China (in Taiwan usage); continent; mainland (as opposed to islands or coastal areas).
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 大學ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊuniversity; college; institution of higher education; the Great Learning, a Confucian classic; in ancient times, a school for adult education
- 小時ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊhour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes; (archaic or literary) childhood, early years
- 小孩child; young kid; offspring; one's own children
- 國小ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇelementary school (Taiwan)
- 小說ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛa fictional prose narrative of book length; a novel; fiction; a literary work with plot, characters, and theme
- 大概ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄞˋroughly; approximately; about; probably; general idea; rough estimate
- 小姐ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇyoung lady; miss; a polite address for a young woman; (dated or slang) prostitute; (historical) daughter of a wealthy family; (Taiwan) wife; beauty pageant titleholder
- 大量ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋlarge quantity; great amount; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous; (Taiwan) big capacity for alcohol
- 小朋友ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇchild; kid; used by adults to address a child; in Taiwan, often refers to one's own child.
- 重大ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋgreat; important; major; significant; of great consequence or seriousness