大事 meaning in English
major event; major political event (war or change of regime)
Meaning of 大事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- major event
- major political event (war or change of regime)
- major social event (wedding or funeral)
- (do sth) in a big way
Measure word: 件,樁|桩
How to use 大事
大事 (dàshì) refers to an important event or matter, such as a national event or a family occasion like a wedding or funeral. It often appears in phrases like 国家大事 (guójiā dàshì, national affairs) and 人生大事 (rénshēng dàshì, major life event). Example: 结婚是人生大事。(Jiéhūn shì rénshēng dàshì.) Getting married is a major event in life.
大 (dà) means big and 事 (shì) means matter or thing, so 大事 (dàshì) is simply a big matter. Picture a person stretching their arms wide, the shape of 大, to show how important the event is.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 大事情 when they mean a big event in formal writing, but 大事 is the natural set phrase. Also keep 事 (shì) in the fourth tone, not the third tone of 是 (shì) or the first tone of 师 (shī).
大事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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大 dà · big · 3 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 大事.
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 事情 | shìqing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 故事 | gùshi | old practice |
| 大人 | dàren | adult; grownup |
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 好事 | hǎoshì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity |
| 同事 | tóngshì | colleague; co-worker |
| 大部分 | dàbùfen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
Questions about 大事
What does 大事 mean?
大事 (dàshì) means "major event; major political event (war or change of regime)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 大事?
大事 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 大事 an HSK word?
Yes. 大事 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What does 没什么大事 mean?
没什么大事 (méi shénme dàshì) means nothing serious or it is no big deal. People use it to reassure someone that a problem is minor.
How is 大事 different from 小事?
小事 (xiǎoshì) means a small or trivial matter, the opposite of 大事. A common saying is 大事化小，小事化了 (dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo), meaning turn big problems into small ones and small ones into nothing.