小儿科 (xiǎoérkē): pediatrics

Meanings

Tā zài yīyuàn de xiǎoérkē gōngzuò.

She works in the pediatrics department at the hospital.

Zhè dào tí duì tā lái shuō shì xiǎoérkē.

This problem is child's play for him.

usage

In colloquial speech, 小儿科 often means 'trivially easy' or 'no big deal,' used dismissively. The medical meaning (pediatrics) is the literal sense.

小 xiǎo

儿 ér

科 kē