大做文章

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to write an essay; to write a composition; to make a big thing out of a certain matter to achieve one's own goals
simp. and trad. (大做文章)		大	做文章

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàzuòwénzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ zou⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàzuòwénzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàzuòwúnjhang
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tso⁴-wên²-chang¹
    • Yale: dà-dzwò-wén-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtzuohwenjang
    • Palladius: дацзовэньчжан (daczovɛnʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ zou⁶ man⁴ zoeng¹
    • Yale: daaih jouh màhn jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dzou⁶ man⁴ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ zou⁶ men⁴ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² t͡sou̯²² mɐn²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

大做文章

1. to make a big thing out of a certain matter to escalate the situation and achieve one's own goals