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  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 1
colleague; co-worker
HSK 2
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
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice
HSK 5
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
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
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
this matter
HSK 6
one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
HSK 7-9
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
military affairs / (attributive) military
HSK 6
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
anything / whatever
routine business / usual practice / mere formality
what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about?
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
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 cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance
HSK 7-9
personal matters
HSK 7-9
to lose consciousness / unconscious / in a coma
consul
HSK 7-9
trivial matter / Big deal!
member of council / (literary) to take care of matters
HSK 7-9
source material / original story
one's proper business
to work together
good deeds
bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things
HSK 7-9
to dispose of a matter / to be done with it
trifle / trivial matter / CL: 點|点
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
to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
HSK 7-9
folk story / folktale
everyday routine / ordinary affairs
everything
to be meddlesome
a load on one's mind / worry / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 7-9
to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter
HSK 6
board member
HSK 7-9
it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better
commercial affairs
to be in the way; to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter
HSK 7-9
affairs of life / things of the world
war / hostilities / fighting
criminal; penal
genuine people and true events
to simplify matters; to save trouble
HSK 7-9
administrator / executive secretary
HSK 7-9
civil case / agricultural affairs / civil
to break the law / to commit a crime
everything / every matter
admirable people and exemplary deeds
mishap
wedding / marriage / CL: 門|门, 樁|桩
timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble
to propose marriage
something / a certain matter
act at one's discretion / act as one sees fit
hard job / arduous task
everything
meddlesome / eventful
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
maritime affairs / accident at sea
commonplace in military operations (idiom)
safe and sound
to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
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
to accomplish the objective / to succeed
to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人, the three people involved) / (archaic) to recount the events
to cause trouble / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
foreign affairs
specialized
appointment to an important post
urgent matter
sex
shameful deed
trivial matter / trifle
to look for employment / to pick a quarrel
(idiom) to live together in harmony
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
useless / regard as useless
to pay no attention to outside matters
marvel
fact / actual thing / practical matter
old practice
to act according to plan
to act prudently / steering a cautious course
to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously

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