旧事 meaning in English
old affair; former matter
Traditional 舊事13 strokes
Meaning of 旧事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
jiùshì
- old affair
- former matter
旧事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
新事物取代旧事物推动历史发展。
History develops through the replacement of the old by the new.
Stroke order for each character
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旧 jiù · old · 5 strokes
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- 2
- 3
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- 5
事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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- 2
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Related words
Words that share a character with 旧事.
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 事情 | shìqing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 故事 | gùshi | old practice |
| 好事 | hǎoshì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity |
| 同事 | tóngshì | colleague; co-worker |
| 事实 | shìshí | fact |
| 事实上 | shìshíshang | in fact; in reality |
| 事件 | shìjiàn | incident; event |
| 事业 | shìyè | undertaking; project |
| 事故 | shìgù | accident |
| 本事 | běnshi | source material; original story |
| 从事 | cóngshì | to go for; to engage in |
Questions about 旧事
What does 旧事 mean?
旧事 (jiùshì) means "old affair; former matter".
How do you write 旧事?
旧事 is made of 2 characters: 旧 (5 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
How is 旧事 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 旧事 is written 舊事.