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易事

yì shì

2-character word

What 易事 means

1. easy task

The characters in 易事

• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 翻译绝对不是一件易事。
  Fānyì juéduì bù shì yī jiàn yì shì.
  Translation is by no means easy.
• 把一叠扑克牌的排列次序背熟，虽然绝不是一件易事，却也不是没有可能的。
  Bǎ yī dié pūkèpái de páiliè cìxù bèi shú, suīrán jué bù shì yī jiàn yì shì, què yě bù shì méiyǒu kěnéng de.
  Memorizing the order of a deck of playing cards is definitely not easy, but it's not impossible.
• 调制一杯完美的 Mojito 并非易事。要达到甜味、薄荷味和青柠味之间的完美平衡，是一门艺术。
  Crafting a perfect Mojito can be a challenge. Achieving the right balance of sweetness, mintiness, and lime is an art.

Sounds the same

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

• 议事to discuss official business
• 逸事anecdote; lost or apocryphal story about famous person
• 义士high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist
• 意式Italian-style
• 义式(Taiwan) Italian-style
• 异事sth else; a separate matter; not the same thing
• 易逝passing; transient; fugitive
• 轶事variant of 逸事