事

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matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

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Components 一口彐亅

matter · Heisig RSH #953

一 one + 口 mouth + rake

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
没事儿	méi shì r	to have spare time; free from work; it's not important; it's nothing; never mind
区区小事	qū qū xiǎo shì	trivial matter; trifle
事无大小	shì wú dà xiǎo	see 事無巨細\|事无巨细[shi4 wu2 ju4 xi4]
斯事体大	sī shì tǐ dà	see 茲事體大\|兹事体大[zi1 shi4 ti3 da4]
大事	dà shì	major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding …
人事	rén shì	personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the f…
国事	guó shì	affairs of the nation; politics
心事	xīn shì	a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁\|桩[zhuang1]
生事	shēng shì	to make trouble
事儿	shì r	one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a pers…
小事	xiǎo shì	trifle; trivial matter; CL:點\|点[dian3]
一事无成	yī shì wú chéng	(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
家事	jiā shì	family matters; domestic affairs; housework
性事	xìng shì	sex
平安无事	píng ān wú shì	safe and sound (idiom)
海事	hǎi shì	maritime affairs; accident at sea
事机	shì jī	confidential aspects of a matter; secrets; key moment for action
白事	bái shì	funeral; to explain (literary)
有事	yǒu shì	to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter
行事	xíng shì	to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct