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  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 1
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
ability / skill
HSK 3
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
to handle (affairs) / to work
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
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
this matter
HSK 6
board member
HSK 7-9
administrator / executive secretary
HSK 7-9
consul
HSK 7-9
bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things
HSK 7-9
member of council / (literary) to take care of matters
HSK 7-9
past events / former happenings
HSK 7-9
to simplify matters; to save trouble
HSK 7-9
personal matters
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
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
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
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
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
criminal; penal
old practice
source material / original story
(old) to report to one's master
malicious deed; misdeed / disaster; catastrophe
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
to keep a record of events / record / to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works
all things
entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident
to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute
to handle affairs; to deal with matters
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
affairs of life / things of the world
competition (e.g. sporting)
affairs of the nation / politics
to be meddlesome
farming task
trifle / trivial matter / CL: 點|点
maritime affairs / accident at sea
narrative
poor / not up to standard
errand / assignment / job / commission / CL: / see also 差使
(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up
perceptive; understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work
commercial affairs
funeral arrangements
civil case / agricultural affairs / civil
to look for employment / to pick a quarrel
to accomplish the objective / to succeed
sexual intercourse / to make love
meddlesome / eventful
to discuss official business
good deeds
urgent matter
circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair
foreign affairs
everything
funeral / to explain (literary)
awkward incident
marriage / CL: 門|门
Lay's (brand)
pleasure
sth fortunate / a lucky chance
cooking
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
grand occasion
strange thing / curious occurrence
a fine thing / a wonderful thing
to make trouble
disaster / doom
(idiom) to let emotions affect one's decisions
important matter
to be finished (with sth)
to work together
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
past events / antecedent / what has happened
sex
to lose consciousness / unconscious / in a coma
everything
to cause trouble
miscellaneous tasks; various chores
to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon
paraphernalia of a guard of honor
religious ceremony / ritual
troublesome / to take a lot of trouble to do sth

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