小儿科 (xiǎo ér kē) — (medicine) pediatrics; trivial matter, something insignificant; kid's stuff; childish, naive; (colloquial) petty, stingy
Definition
Literally 'pediatrics,' but figuratively means something trivial or childish — calling something 小儿科 dismisses it as kid's stuff. Often used as a predicate after 太 to scold ('太小儿科了').
noun
(medicine) pediatricstrivial mattersomething insignificantkid's stuffchildishnaive(colloquial) pettystingy
Examples
- 。Tā zài yī yuàn de xiǎo ér kē gōng zuò.He works in the pediatrics department of the hospital.
- 小儿科。Zhè diǎn kùn nan duì yú tā lái shuō zhǐ shì xiǎo ér kē.This little difficulty is just kid's stuff for him.
- ，小儿科。Wèi le jǐ kuài qián chǎo chéng zhè yàng, yě tài xiǎo ér kē le.Fighting like this over a few dollars is really childish.
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