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大事

dà shì
件 jiàn
HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Common

Definitions

  1. 1. major event
  2. 2. major political event (war or change of regime)
  3. 3. major social event (wedding or funeral)
  4. 4. (do sth) in a big way

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Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
小事
xiǎo shì

trifle

指不重要的事情，与“大事”相对。

Related words

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事件
shì jiàn

event

指历史上或社会上发生的不平常的大事情。
盛事
shèng shì

grand occasion

指盛大的事情，常用于正面场合。

Usage notes

Collocations

“大事”常与“化小，化了”搭配，构成“大事化小，小事化了”，表示把大的事情变成小事情，小事情变成没有。

Common mistakes

“大事”指重大事件，不可用于琐碎小事；误用时会显得夸张或不自然。

Example Sentences

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结婚是人生中的 大事 。
Getting married is a major event in life.

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Words Containing 大事

大事化小，小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo

to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)

终身大事
zhōng shēn dà shì

major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)

Child Words of 大事

事
shì

matter

大
dà

big; large; great

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]