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大吵大闹

dà chǎo dà nàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to shout and scream (idiom) / to kick up a fuss / to make a scene
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-62aa72e3f93e6614. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大吵大鬧 大吵大闹 [da4 chao3 da4 nao4] /to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss/to make a scene/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 大吵大鬧

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 吵
    chāo

    used in 吵吵[chāo chao] / Taiwan pr. [chǎo]

    chǎo

    noisy / loud / to quarrel / to argue

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 闹
    nào

    noisy / boisterous / bustling / lively / to make noise / to cause a disturbance / to express / to vent (feelings) / to experience (an illness, disaster, famine etc) / to fool around / to engage in (an activity, often vigorously or disruptively)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.