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Jyutping siu2 siu2 dik1
Pinyin xiǎo xiǎo de

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. Tiny; trivial
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他的英语有了小小的进步。
    他的英語有了小小的進步。
    tā de yīng yǔ yǒu le xiǎo xiǎo de jìn bù 。
    • His English improved slightly.
  2. Mandarin
    高大的橡树是从一颗小小的橡子成长而来的。
    高大的橡樹是從一顆小小的橡子成長而來的。
    gāo dà de xiàng shù shì cóng yī kē xiǎo xiǎo de xiàng zǐ chéng zhǎng ér lái de 。
    • Great oaks from little acorns grow.
  3. Mandarin
    每一天都是一生;每一次起床醒来都是次微小的新生,每个清新的早晨都带着点青春,每次歇息和睡眠都是次小小的死亡。
    每一天都是一生;每一次起牀醒來都是次微小的新生,每個清新的早晨都帶着點青春,每次歇息和睡眠都是次小小的死亡。
    měi yī tiān dōu shì yī shēng ; měi yī cì qǐ chuáng xǐng lái dōu shì cì wēi xiǎo de xīn shēng , měi gè qīng xīn de zǎo chén dōu dài zhe diǎn qīng chūn , měi cì xiē xi hé shuì mián dōu shì cì xiǎo xiǎo de sǐ wáng 。
    • Each day is a little life; every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.
  4. Mandarin
    有一个小小的问题。
    有一個小小的問題。
    yǒu yí gè xiǎo xiǎo de wèn tí 。
    • There's a small problem.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    以前土豪劣绅的残忍,土豪劣绅造成的农村白色恐怖是这样,现在农民起来枪毙几个土豪劣绅,造成一点小小的镇压反革命派的恐怖现象,有什么理由说不应该?
    以前土豪劣紳的殘忍,土豪劣紳造成的農村白色恐怖是這樣,現在農民起來槍斃幾個土豪劣紳,造成一點小小的鎮壓反革命派的恐怖現象,有什麼理由説不應該?
    yǐ qián tǔ háo liè shēn de cán rěn , tǔ háo liè shēn zào chéng de nóng cūn bái sè kǒng bù shì zhè yàng , xiàn zài nóng mín qǐ lái qiāng bì jǐ ge tǔ háo liè shēn , zào chéng yī diǎn xiǎo xiǎo de zhèn yā fǎn gé mìng pài de kǒng bù xiàn xiàng , yǒu shén me lǐ yóu shuō bù yīng gāi ?
    • Such was the cruelty of the local tyrants and evil gentry in former days, such was the White terror they created in the countryside, and now that the peasants have risen and shot a few and created just a little terror in suppressing the counter-revolutionaries, is there any reason for saying they should not do so?