針小棒大

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
針	小	棒	大
しん Grade: 6	しょう Grade: 1	ぼう Grade: 6	だい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Adjective[edit]

針(しん)小(しょう)棒(ぼう)大(だい) • (shinshōbōdai) -na (adnominal 針(しん)小(しょう)棒(ぼう)大(だい)な (shinshōbōdai na), adverbial 針(しん)小(しょう)棒(ぼう)大(だい)に (shinshōbōdai ni))

exaggerated

Noun[edit]

針(しん)小(しょう)棒(ぼう)大(だい) • (shinshōbōdai) ^{←しんせうぼうだい (sinseuboudai)^?}

exaggeration of a situation

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
針	小	棒	大

Noun[edit]

針小棒大 • (chimsobongdae) (hangeul 침소봉대)

Hanja form^? of 침소봉대 (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”).

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