大事化小，小事化了

谓使矛盾缓和平息。也说“大事化小，小事化无”。清·曹雪芹《红楼梦》第六十二回： （平儿出来吩咐林之孝家的道）“‘大事化为小事，小事化为没事’，方是兴旺之家。要是一点子小事便扬铃打鼓，乱折腾起来，不成道理。如今将他母女带回，照旧去当差，将秦显家的仍旧追回。再不必提此事，只是每日小心巡察要紧。”清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第四十七回： “再加派去的委员亦并不是吃素的，万太尊斟酌送些，他再借些，自然是大事化小，小事化无了。”冯志《敌后武工队》：“陪礼道歉讲好话，这是个能将大事化小、小事化了的好办法。”

大事化小，小事化了dà shì huà xiǎo,xiǎo shì huà liǎo

minimize big scandals and overlook minor ones;reduce major issues to minor ones and miner ones to nothing; turn big problems into small problems and small problems into no problems at all
❍ 大事化为小事，小事化为没事，方是兴旺之家。(《红楼梦》787) A prosperous family ought to minimize big scandals and overlook minor ones.

大事化小，小事化了da shi hua xiao,xiao shi hua liao

reduce major issues to minor ones and minor ones to nothing

大事化小，小事化了

try first to make the mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all;turn major problems (or issues)to minor ones and minor ones to nothing;play down major issues and gloss over minor ones

大事化小，小事化了dà shì huà xiǎo,xiǎo shì huà liǎo

比喻将重大的事情转化成小事情，将小事化为乌有。turn big problems into small problems and small problems into no problems at all, reduce a big trouble into a small one, and a small one into nothing, minimize big scandals and overlook minor ones, great affairs turn into small and small into nothing

大事化小，小事化了dà shì huà xiǎo, xiǎo shì huà liǎo

❶ 原指变大事为小事，变小事为无事。即事情最终得到解决。了： 了结，结束。
❷ 也指以折中调和的方式息事宁人。也作“大事化小，小事化无”。

大事化小，小事化了dàshìhuàxiǎo,xiǎoshìhuàliǎo

见“大事化小，小事化无”。