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大事

dà shìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-82e5d88696ee14f6. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大事 大事 [da4 shi4] /major event/major political event (war or change of regime)/major social event (wedding or funeral)/(do sth) in a big way/CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]/

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Character information

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  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.