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琐事 meaning in English

suǒshì

trifle

Traditional 瑣事19 strokes

Meaning of 琐事

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

suǒshì
  1. trifle

琐事 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bú要yào把bǎ时shí间jiān浪làng费fèi在zài琐suǒ事shì上shàng
Don't waste time on trifles.
热rè爱ài生shēng活huó中zhōng的de日rì常cháng琐suǒ事shì，人rén生shēng才cái会huì快kuài乐lè。
In order to make life happy, you must love the everyday trifles.
有yǒu时shí候hòu发fā现xiàn自zì己jǐ基jī本běn上shàng没méi有yǒu时shí间jiān顾gù及jí一yī些xiē无wú关guān紧jǐn要yào的de琐suǒ事shì。
Sometimes I find that I basically have no time to pay attention to irrelevant trivia.

Stroke order for each character

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琐 suǒ · petty · 11 strokes

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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 琐事.

没事儿méishìrto have spare time; free from work
事情shìqingaffair; matter; thing; business
故事gùshiold practice
好事hǎoshìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity
同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker
事实shìshífact
事实上shìshíshangin fact; in reality
事件shìjiànincident; event
事业shìyèundertaking; project
事故shìgùaccident
本事běnshisource material; original story
从事cóngshìto go for; to engage in

Questions about 琐事

What does 琐事 mean?

琐事 (suǒshì) means "trifle".

How do you write 琐事?

琐事 is made of 2 characters: 琐 (11 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

How is 琐事 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 琐事 is written 瑣事.