大题小作
大题小作
dà tí xiǎo zuò
to cut a long story short; a brief treatment of a complicated subject; fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
verb
Traditional: 大題小作
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- (verb) to cut a long story short
- a brief treatment of a complicated subject
- fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
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Related Words
一言以蔽之(yī yán yǐ bì zhī)— one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
→一言抄百总(yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng)— to cut a long story short
→二十四史(Èr shí sì Shǐ)— the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
→一部二十四史，不知从何说起(yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ)— It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
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