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Here, we present the idiom 「大驚小怪」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Describes being excessively surprised at something that is not a big deal.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dà jīng xiǎo guài

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

daai6 geng1 siu2 gwaai3

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