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大事

dàshì
nounHSK 5

“Major event” in Chinese is 大事 (dàshì).

Meaning

  • major event
  • major political event (war or change of regime)
  • major social event (wedding or funeral)
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  • (do sth) in a big way

Example

这被认为是一件大事。

This is considered to be a matter of great importance.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 大师 (dàshī, great master) · 大使 (dàshǐ, ambassador)