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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

事情 [shìqing]
  1. 1. noun matter
    他公司事情很多。
    He is very busy with business matters.
    事情不会这么简单。
    Things can't be that simple.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

事情 [shìqing]
  1. 1. affair; matter; thing; business; work
    事情是这样的。
    It happened like this.
    事情也真巧
    as luck would have it
    事情的真相
    the truth of the matter; the facts of the case

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

事情 [shìqing]
  1. 1. 人所进行的一切活动;人类社会所发生的一切现象
    我们有许多事情要做
    天下的事情大抵如此。
  2. 2. 差错;事故
    发生了意想不到的事情
  3. 3. 工作;职业
    下岗半年了,还没找到事情

Examples

有些事情是可以遗忘的,有些事情是不需要记念的。
Some things can be forgotten. They don't need to be commemorated.
这件事情,明天会上和其他事情一发讨论。
We'll deal with this matter together with other issues at the meeting tomorrow.
事情有了八成啦。
It's almost as good as settled. or There's a fair chance of success.
事情太多,拔不开腿。
He is too busy with his work to get away.
事情可能就败在他手里。
He may spoil the whole show.
你不能只看事情的表面。
You must not look only at the surface of things.
事情发生了波折。
Events took an unexpected turn.
事情还不定怎么样呢。
It's hard to predict how things will turn out.
事情到了不可收拾的地步。
The situation got out of hand.
不久以前,登月旅行还是不可思议的事情
Travel to the moon was inconceivable until recently.

Word Decomposition


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Related Measure Words

  [huí] |  一回事情
  [jiàn] |  一件事情
  [lèi] |  一类事情
  [mǎ] |  一码事情
  [zhǒng] |  一种事情
档子  [dàngzi] |  一档子事情

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