







大人不见小人怪 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a magnanimous or broad-minded person does not stoop to criticize or blame the minor faults or provocations of those of lesser standing or petty character”. Literally, “Great people do not blame petty people”.

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Open the tool →大人不见小人怪 (dà ren bù jiàn xiǎo rén guài) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a magnanimous or broad-minded person does not stoop to criticize or blame the minor faults or provocations of those of lesser standing or petty character”.
大人不见小人怪 is pronounced dà ren bù jiàn xiǎo rén guài in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 大人不见小人怪 means “Great people do not blame petty people”. It is used to mean “a magnanimous or broad-minded person does not stoop to criticize or blame the minor faults or provocations of those of lesser standing or petty character”.
怪:责备,埋怨。指地位高对地位低的过错不见怪,加以原谅