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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

做事 [zuòshì]
  1. 1. verb deal with matters
  2. 2. verb work

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

做事 [zuòshì]
  1. 1. do work; do a deed; handle affairs
    做事不能只凭动机,不问效果。
    Actions shouldn't be guided solely by motive without any attention to effect.
  2. 2. work; have a job
    他没做事
    He doesn't have a job.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

做事 [zuòshì]
  1. 1. 干工作
  2. 2. 干工作

Examples

他怎么也安不下心来做事
He simply can't set his mind to work.
做事很有板眼。
There is method in what she does. or She is very methodical in her work.
她说话做事都没有分寸。
She has no sense of propriety in what she does or says.
做事老是采取敷衍的态度,很不认真。
He's in the habit of working perfunctorily and half-heartedly.
好汉做事好汉当,我死就死,决不连累旁人。
Come what may, I'll brace myself and face the music. I'd rather die than implicate others!
做事不能没个计算。
We shouldn't do anything without a plan.
你越不做事越懒。
The less you do the lazier you get.
做事干净利落。
He is a neat worker.
做事老留个尾巴让我来收拾。
He always leaves some loose ends for me to clear up for him.
他说话做事总是慢条斯理的。
He always speaks slowly and acts unhurriedly.

Word Decomposition


[zuò]
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[shì]

nciku Note

办事 and 做事

办事 and 做事
bànshì and zuòshì

1. Both 办事 and 做事 are verb-object phrases. 办事 is used with official business.
(1) 他这次是来北京办事的。
(2) 他办事一向稳妥。

Some elements can be inserted between 办 and 事; similarly, "办事" can even be reversed to indicate the affairs' level of importance.
(3) 完了这,我们终于松了口气。
(4) 他这事办的不错。

2. 做事 can mean "to work in an organization or a company"
(1) 他在一家媒体做事
(2) 我今天了很多

1.“办事”和“做事”都是动宾词组。“办事”连用时,多表示从事公务或比较大的事,如机关或组织。
“办”和“事”种概念插入其他成分或分开,甚至颠倒时,所指的事可大可小。
2.“做事”连用时有在机关单位、公司等从事工作的意思。

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