小事 xiǎoshì
xiǎoshì
set phrase
a small matter
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '小事'; Guoyu '小事')
Contained in
- 大事化小，小事化了 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all
- 小事一桩(小事一樁) trivial matter; a piece of cake
- 芝麻小事 trivial matter; trifle
- 区区小事(區區小事) trivial matter; trifle
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一百九十九 志第一百五十二 刑法一 Volume 199 Treatises 152: Punishment and Law 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 10
- 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 8
- 卷四十八 志第三十八 百官三 Volume 48 Treatises 43: Official Posts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 6
- 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 4
- 《梁惠王章句下》 Commentary on Liang Hui Wang II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 15 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 卷一百六十四 志第一百十七 職官四 Volume 164 Treatises 117: Offical Posts 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 彊國篇第十六 Chapter 16: A Powerful State Xunzi 荀子 — count: 3
Collocations
- 小事大 (小事大) 小事大 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 12
- 亲小事 (親小事) 尊不親小事 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
- 小事不足 (小事不足) 白上小事不足遂 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十八 霍光金日磾傳 Volume 68: Huo Guang and Jin Midi — count: 5
- 小事用 (小事用) 凡國之小事用樂者 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 4
- 凡小事 (凡小事) 凡小事皆有聯 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 4
- 小事吉 (小事吉) 小事吉 — Book of Changes 易經, 睽 Kui — count: 3
- 小事十 (小事十) 小事十日 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百九十九 志第一百五十二 刑法一 Volume 199 Treatises 152: Punishment and Law 1 — count: 3
- 小事三 (小事三) 小事三日 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百九十九 志第一百五十二 刑法一 Volume 199 Treatises 152: Punishment and Law 1 — count: 3
- 言小事 (言小事) 言小事者倚 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十五 指武 Chapter 15: Depending on Military Strength — count: 3
- 小事常服 (小事常服) 小事常服而已 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 — count: 2