大
事

Major event in Chinese: 大事 (dà shì)

dà shì

major event

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Definitions

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

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大
事

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 结婚是人生中的一件大事。

    jié hūn shì rén shēng zhōng de yí jiàn dà shì。

    Getting married is a major event in life.

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Related words

大

dà

big

事

shì

matter

大家

dà jiā

everyone

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

从事

cóng shì

to go for

大方

dà fāng

expert

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