好事

hǎo shì

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hào shì to be meddlesome hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, \a fine thing indeed\); charity 4 definitions

Definitions

1. good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, \a fine thing indeed\)
2. charity
3. happy occasion
4. Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead

Words Containing 好事

• 好事不出门，恶事传千里 hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ: lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
• 好事之徒 hào shì zhī tú: busybody
• 好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó: the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
• 好事者 hào shì zhě: busybody
• 好人好事 hǎo rén hǎo shì: admirable people and exemplary deeds

Child Words of 好事

• 事 shì: matter
• 好 hǎo: good
• 好 hào: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to