大惊小怪 dàjīng-xiǎoguài to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
How to remember 大惊小怪: 大 big + 惊 frighten + 小 small + 怪 unusual = to make a fuss about nothing (idiom).
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- Idiom: to make a fuss over nothing - 有什么好大惊小怪的 (yǒu shénme hǎo dàjīng-xiǎoguài de) what's there to make a fuss about?
- Criticizes overreacting to something trivial. Colloquial and written.