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Trad. 事業
- undertaking
- project
- activity
- (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
- publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
- career
- occupation
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc)
- main content
- matter
- work
- origin of an incident
- cause
- purpose
- subject (of business letter)
Trad. 事關
- to concern
- on (some topic)
- about
- concerning
- to have importance for
- major event
- major political event (war or change of regime)
- major social event (wedding or funeral)
- (do sth) in a big way
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)
- to mess things up
Trad. 韻事
- poetic occasion
- elegant situation
- in literature, the cue for a poem
- to cause an accident
- to be responsible for an incident
- to provoke a disturbance
- timid
- to be afraid of getting involved
- to be afraid of getting into trouble
- ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
- also known as self-explanatory character
- to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人[she4 shi4 san1 ren2], the three people involved)
- (archaic) to recount the events
Trad. 礙事
- to be in the way; to be a hindrance
- (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter
- to be occupied with sth
- to have sth on one's mind
- there is something the matter
Trad. 異事
- sth else
- a separate matter
- not the same thing
- with different jobs (not colleagues)
- a remarkable thing
- sth special
- an odd thing
- sth strange or incomprehensible
- 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
Trad. 啟事
- announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)
- to post information
- a notice
Trad. 沒事
- 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)
Trad. 後事
- future events
- and what happened next... (in fiction)
- funeral arrangements
Trad. 執事
- to perform one's job
- attendant
- job
- duties
- (respectful appellation for the addressee) you
- your Excellency
- (Church) deacon
Trad. 給事
- the name of an official position in the imperial court, aka 給事中|给事中[ji3 shi4 zhong1]
Trad. 諳事
- (often used in the negative in describing a young person) to have an understanding of things
- to know how the world works
- defensive structure
- military fortifications
- (Tw) construction works
- civil engineering works
- 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
Trad. 當事
- to be in charge
- to be confronted (with a matter)
- involved (in some matter)
Trad. 聽事
- to hold audience
- to advise on state affairs
- to administer state affairs
- audience hall
- to listen in
Trad. 事兒
- one's employment
- business
- matter that needs to be settled
- (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
- trying
- troublesome
- erhua variant of 事[shi4]
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
Trad. 事務
- (political, economic etc) affairs
- work
- transaction (as in a computer database)
- personnel
- human resources
- human affairs
- ways of the world
- (euphemism) sexuality
- the facts of life
Trad. 聖事
- Holy sacrament
- Christian rite (esp. Catholic)
- also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants
Trad. 記事
- to keep a record of events
- record
- to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
Trad. 事業線
- (palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger)
- (slang) cleavage
Trad. 正經事
- an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)