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  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 1
to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind
HSK 1
narrative; story; tale
HSK 2
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
colleague; co-worker
HSK 2
affair; matter; thing; business / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 2
incident; event
HSK 3
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto
HSK 3
ability / skill
HSK 3
fact / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
accident / CL: 樁|桩, ,
HSK 3
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
thing; object / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
HSK 4
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice
HSK 5
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 5
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
office; agency; bureau
HSK 6
to have an accident / to meet with a mishap
HSK 6
to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter
HSK 6
after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
HSK 6
military affairs / (attributive) military
HSK 6
this matter
HSK 6
to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent
HSK 7-9
board member
HSK 7-9
matter / item
HSK 7-9
persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
HSK 7-9
matters / arrangements
HSK 7-9
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
board of directors
HSK 7-9
(political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database)
HSK 7-9
administrator / executive secretary
HSK 7-9
bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things
HSK 7-9
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic
HSK 7-9
a load on one's mind / worry / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 7-9
one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
HSK 7-9
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
HSK 7-9
to be in the way; to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter
HSK 7-9
consulate
HSK 7-9
to cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance
HSK 7-9
member of council / (literary) to take care of matters
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to no avail; of no use
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
HSK 7-9
business office; firm
HSK 7-9
situation / existing state of affairs
HSK 7-9
personal matters
HSK 7-9
deed / past achievement / important event of the past
HSK 7-9
to simplify matters; to save trouble
HSK 7-9
consul
HSK 7-9
to cause trouble / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
past events / former happenings
HSK 7-9
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
HSK 7-9
not troublesome
The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge.
military intelligence
religious ceremony / ritual
trivial matter / trifle
permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)
this is no small thing (idiom) / to have a serious matter at hand
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
military threat
an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)
disorderly behavior (PRC law)
public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable
weddings and funerals
demilitarized zone
Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble
one's proper business
as matters stand; things having reached this stage
not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
narrative
(old) government office
a fine thing / a wonderful thing
main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter)
preliminary notification / to announce in advance
(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously
(coll.) fussbudget / pain in the ass
military institution
an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
criminal; penal
director general
calendar / schedule
Marine Department (Hong Kong)
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
Watergate scandal
to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business
consul general
to make trouble out of nothing
fact / actual thing / practical matter
old practice
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
all things

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