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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàzuòwénzhāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahtzuohwenjang
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàzuòwúnjhang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡swɔ⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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): /täːi̯²² t͡sou̯²² mɐn²¹ t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

大做文章

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

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