破事

pòshì
  1. trivial matter
  2. trifle
  3. annoying thing

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 破 pò
  1. broken
  2. damaged
  3. worn out
  4. lousy
  5. rotten
  6. to break, split or cleave
  7. to get rid of
  8. to destroy
  9. to break with
  10. to defeat
  11. to capture (a city etc)
  12. to expose the truth of
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

Related entries

區區小事 qūqūxiǎoshì
  1. trivial matter
  2. trifle
多大點事 duōdàdiǎnshì
  1. trivial matter
  2. Big deal!
芝麻小事 zhīmaxiǎoshì
  1. trivial matter
  2. trifle
小事 xiǎoshì
  1. trifle
  2. trivial matter

classifier: 點

无事掘小，小事掘大。

No matter how low the target, always aim higher.

Every journey begins with a single step.

Make the best of your opportunities.

When you have nothing, aim low; when you get somewhere, aim high.

Source: Tatoeba

瑣事 suǒshì trifle
不要把時間浪費在瑣事上

Don't waste time on trifles.

Source: Tatoeba

小兒科 xiǎoérkē
  1. pediatrics
  2. pediatric (department)
  3. sth of little importance
  4. trifle
  5. a child's play
  6. (slang) childish
  7. petty
  8. stingy