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济事

jì shì

2-character word Traditional 濟事

What 济事 means

1. (usually used in the negative) to be of help or use

The characters in 济事

• 济jìto cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 过多会坏事，过少不济事。
  Too much spoils, too little is nothing.

Sounds the same

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

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