Chinese–EnglishWith examples
好事
hǎo shì · hao shi/hào shì · hao shi
Same in simplified and traditional Chinese
Meaning
CC-CEDICThǎo shì 好事
- good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
- charity
- happy occasion
- Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
hào shì 好事
- to be meddlesome
In a sentence
2 examples01
发生了什么好事吗？
Has something good happened?
Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.
02
年轻的时候多看点好书是件好事。
It's a good thing to read good books when you are young.
Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
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