小事 (xiǎo shì) — trifle; minor matter | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

trifleminor matter

Measure word · 点

小事。
Bié wèi zhè zhǒng xiǎo shì shēng qì.
Don't get angry over this kind of minor matter.
小事。
Tā zǒng shì bǎ xiǎo shì kàn chéng dà shì.
He always treats minor matters as major ones.
小事，。
Zhè jiàn shì zhǐ shì xiǎo shì, bú yòng tài zài yì.
This matter is just a trifle, no need to care too much.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

小事 combines 小 (small) and 事 (matter) to mean a minor matter.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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