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大事

dà shì

2-character word Measure word 件、桩

What 大事 means

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

The characters in 大事

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 我们能做点大事。
  Wǒmen néng zuò diǎndà shì.
  We could do something big.

Words containing 大事

• 终身大事zhōng shēn dà shìmajor turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)

Sounds the same

Read dà shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 大势overall trend