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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
affair; matter; thing; business / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 2
narrative; story; tale
HSK 2
colleague; co-worker
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
incident; event
HSK 3
ability / skill
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 go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
fact / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto
HSK 3
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
HSK 4
thing; object / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
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
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice
HSK 5
military affairs / (attributive) military
HSK 6
after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
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
office; agency; bureau
HSK 6
this matter
HSK 6
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
(political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database)
HSK 7-9
matter / item
HSK 7-9
administrator / executive secretary
HSK 7-9
bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things
HSK 7-9
member of council / (literary) to take care of matters
HSK 7-9
deed / past achievement / important event of the past
HSK 7-9
past events / former happenings
HSK 7-9
to simplify matters; to save trouble
HSK 7-9
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
matters / arrangements
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
to cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance
HSK 7-9
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to no avail; of no use
HSK 7-9
to cause trouble / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
a load on one's mind / worry / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 7-9
personal matters
HSK 7-9
consul
HSK 7-9
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
situation / existing state of affairs
HSK 7-9
business office; firm
HSK 7-9
persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
HSK 7-9
board of directors
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
HSK 7-9
one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
HSK 7-9
to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
HSK 7-9
board member
HSK 7-9
consulate
HSK 7-9
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Catholic) / also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants
criminal; penal
to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously
(old) to report to one's master
old practice
source material / original story
to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest
(coll.) fussbudget / pain in the ass
a fine thing / a wonderful thing
military aid
easy task
old in years
permanent member state (of the UN Security Council)
commonplace in military operations (idiom)
(linguistics) agent; doer
when things come to a head (idiom)
malicious deed; misdeed / disaster; catastrophe
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
military strength / military force(s)
military exercise / war game
to keep a record of events / record / to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
to cause trouble
defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works
it's not important / it's nothing / never mind / to have nothing to do / to be free / to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
accounting standards council
knowledgeable person / know all
to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute
demilitarized zone
incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)
to be in charge / to be confronted (with a matter) / involved (in some matter)
to consider as a matter of importance / to be of importance
all things
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
consul general
(Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature)
affairs of life / things of the world
competition (e.g. sporting)
to handle affairs; to deal with matters
affairs of the nation / politics
the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar

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