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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

从事 [cóngshì]
  1. 1. verb [投身] undertake
  2. 2. verb [处理] deal with

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

从事 [cóngshì]
  1. 1. go in for; be engaged in; go into; ply
    从事科学研究工作
    be engaged in scientific research
    从事文学创作
    take up writing as a profession; be engaged in literary work
    从事技术革新
    work on technical innovations
  2. 2. deal with
    慎重从事
    act cautiously; steer a cautious course
    军法从事
    deal with according to military law; court-martial

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

从事 [cóngshì]
  1. 1. 投身到或致力于(某项事业);参与(某种事情)
    从事教学数十年
  2. 2. (按一定的办法)处置;(以某种态度)对待
    军法从事
    马虎从事

Examples

从事采伐多年。
He has been engaged in the lumbering business for years.
不要操切从事
Don't act with undue haste.
他长年累月在大西北从事野外工作。
Year in year out he has been doing fieldwork in the Northwest.
从事文学创作
take up writing as a profession; be engaged in literary work
慎重从事
act cautiously; steer a cautious course
从事附带劳动
do supplementary labour
谨慎从事
act with caution

Collocations

从事革命
be engaged in a revolution
从事文艺创作
take up literary and artistic creations as a profession
长期从事
undertake for a long time
愿意从事
willing to undertake
从事的工作
job one undertakes
军法从事
handle according to sword law
家法从事
handle according to family rules
慎重从事
handle cautiously

Word Decomposition


[cóng]
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[shì]

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