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  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 1
colleague; co-worker
HSK 2
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
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
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
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
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice
HSK 5
this matter
HSK 6
all things
one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
HSK 7-9
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to let emotions affect one's decisions
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
routine business / usual practice / mere formality
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
HSK 7-9
to cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance
HSK 7-9
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}?")
to lose consciousness / unconscious / in a coma
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
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
source material / original story
one's proper business
to work together
good deeds
funeral arrangements
shameful deed
to dispose of a matter / to be done with it
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
(idiom) to live together in harmony
competition (e.g. sporting)
trifle / trivial matter / CL: 點|点
war / hostilities / fighting
politics; government affairs
(idiom) to no avail; of no use
HSK 7-9
(Cantonese) same as 紅包|红包
to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse
trivial matter / trifle / annoying thing
safe and sound (idiom)
to handle affairs; to deal with matters
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
everyday routine / ordinary affairs
everything
to be meddlesome
a load on one's mind / worry / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 7-9
narrative
to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter
HSK 6
board member
HSK 7-9
major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
consul
HSK 7-9
it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better
to act as circumstances dictate (idiom)
marriage / CL: 門|门
to plan matters / to look for a job
commercial affairs
permanent member of council
not regard as a matter (of any importance)
affairs of life / things of the world
folk story / folktale
even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
trivial matter / trifle
criminal; penal
to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands
genuine people and true events
to cause trouble / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
to simplify matters; to save trouble
HSK 7-9
civil case / agricultural affairs / civil
to break the law / to commit a crime
admirable people and exemplary deeds
Lay's (brand)
pleasure
not a bit / nothing is up / nothing alarming is happening
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
mishap
wedding / marriage / CL: 門|门, 樁|桩
fact / actual thing / practical matter
timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble
something / a certain matter
act at one's discretion / act as one sees fit
administrator / executive secretary
HSK 7-9
hard job / arduous task
everything
to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
HSK 7-9
fairy tale
secretary-general
meddlesome / eventful
miscellaneous tasks; various chores
not troublesome
maritime affairs / accident at sea
commonplace in military operations (idiom)

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