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  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 1
thing; object / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto
HSK 3
fact / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
colleague; co-worker
HSK 2
accident / CL: 樁|桩, ,
HSK 3
affair; matter; thing; business / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 2
undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
incident; event
HSK 3
in advance / before the event / beforehand / prior
HSK 4
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind
HSK 1
ability / skill
HSK 3
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
after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
HSK 6
narrative; story; tale
HSK 2
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
military affairs / (attributive) military
HSK 6
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
office; agency; bureau
HSK 6
to have an accident / to meet with a mishap
HSK 6
past events / former happenings
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
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice
HSK 5
(idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
HSK 7-9
personnel office / human resources (HR)
this matter
HSK 6
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
all things
to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled
(of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) / to come to light
business office; firm
HSK 7-9
one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
HSK 7-9
To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
factual basis
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
situation / existing state of affairs
HSK 7-9
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争
bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to let emotions affect one's decisions
military intelligence
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
in advance; before the event
historical incident
military coup
to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
routine business / usual practice / mere formality
persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
HSK 7-9
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.
deed / past achievement / important event of the past
HSK 7-9
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
HSK 7-9
everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world
matters / arrangements
HSK 7-9
person who is wise after the event
chairman of the board of directors
HSK 7-9
board of directors
HSK 7-9
every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part
military exercise / army drill
military exercise / war game
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic
HSK 7-9
to detain as criminal / criminal detention
to cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance
HSK 7-9
(idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times; don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
public institution / (Tw) business enterprise; company; firm
(United Nations) Security Council
personal matters
HSK 7-9
What's up?; Is something the matter? / (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關|关 + {person} + 什麼事|什么事 "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")
matter / item
HSK 7-9
to lose consciousness / unconscious / in a coma
military aid
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
Watergate scandal
lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom) / fig. wisdom only comes with experience
disturbance / incident
military installations
(political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database)
HSK 7-9
random accident / chance event
member of council / (literary) to take care of matters
HSK 7-9
mythical story; myth
to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously
consulate
HSK 7-9
source material / original story
one's proper business
lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
military threat
to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
as matters stand; things having reached this stage
to work together
a criminal
good deeds
to be successful in business / professional success
funeral arrangements
shameful deed
culpable driving causing serious damage or injury
to dispose of a matter / to be done with it

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