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  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 1
narrative; story; tale
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
colleague; co-worker
HSK 2
to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
HSK 3
ability / skill
HSK 3
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice
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
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
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
military affairs / (attributive) military
HSK 6
this matter
HSK 6
board member
HSK 7-9
administrator / executive secretary
HSK 7-9
bad thing; misdeed / to ruin things
HSK 7-9
a load on one's mind / worry / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 7-9
one and the same (thing) / one thing (as distinct from another)
HSK 7-9
to cause trouble / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life
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
to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
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
member of council / (literary) to take care of matters
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to no avail; of no use
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
HSK 7-9
personal matters
HSK 7-9
to simplify matters; to save trouble
HSK 7-9
consul
HSK 7-9
past events / former happenings
HSK 7-9
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
religious ceremony / ritual
timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble
criminal; penal
civil case / agricultural affairs / civil
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business
other people's business
old practice
all things
to be meddlesome
trifle / trivial matter / CL: 點|点
everything
narrative
source material / original story
(old) to report to one's master
grand occasion
to execute / to handle / behavior / action / conduct
to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon
paraphernalia of a guard of honor
ghost story
circumstances / facts (of a case) / case / feelings / love affair
disaster
entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident
secretary-general
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)
everything
affairs of life / things of the world
maritime affairs / accident at sea
war / hostilities / fighting
Lay's (brand)
pleasure
one's proper business
family matters / domestic affairs / housework
to handle affairs; to deal with matters
to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements
to dispose of a matter / to be done with it
consul general
old affair / former matter
marvel
funeral arrangements
important matter
(idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant
marriage / CL: 門|门
to ask for information / to inquire
permanent member of council
to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人, the three people involved) / (archaic) to recount the events
wedding / marriage / CL: 門|门, 樁|桩
mythical story; myth
admirable people and exemplary deeds
menses / menstruation / a woman's periods
meddling in other people's business
politics; government affairs
easy task
safe and sound (idiom)
fact / actual thing / practical matter
(idiom) to live together in harmony
meddlesome / eventful
folk story / folktale
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
at leisure / idle / to have nothing to do
serious about the matter
miscellaneous tasks; various chores
scandal
(idiom) to let emotions affect one's decisions
two quite different things / two unrelated matters

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