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事 in Context

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The Character You Just Learned is Also a Common Word!

Usage 1 - "a matter, affair, thing": 

Sentence

这件事有点儿难。

English:

This is kind of hard.

Top-Down Words:

难 nán - difficult


*Sentence

我还以为什么大事!

English:

I assumed/thought (wrongly) it was something big.


*Sentence

小孩子做错事很正常。

English:

It's normal for children to do wrong things.

Top-Down Words:

正常 zhèngcháng - normal



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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Neil

It seems that 事 is a general pointer to any "activity" that we are doing. Sort of an equivalent to 做 (I remember in the email you talked about 做完 being handy if you didn't know the name of the specific activity that you were doing, or 水果 for fruits if you didn't know the name of the specific fruit.) It's a way of pointing to any clearly defined action or thing that we are doing or dealing with.

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Abigail

What does 还 mean in 我还以为什么大事!? Is it for emphasis? Or expressing realisation or discovery? (I'm looking through the options in pleco!)

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Mandarin Blueprint

Yes, it's for emphasis!

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