事 shì

1. shì noun matter; thing; item
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 等 has a similar meaning to 事情 (ABC 'shì' n 1; Giles 1892 'shih'; Guoyu '事' n 2; Kroll 2015 '事' 1, p. 415; NCCED '事' 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
2. shì verb to serve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'shì' v 3; NCCED '事' 4; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
3. shì noun a government post
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事宦.
4. shì noun duty; post; work
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事务 (ABC 'shì' n 3; Guoyu '事' n 1; Kroll 2015 '事' 3, p. 415; NCCED '事' 6; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
5. shì noun occupation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 职业 (ABC 'shì' n 3; NCCED '事' 2).
6. shì noun cause; undertaking; enterprise; achievment
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事业 (ABC 'shì' n 4).
7. shì noun an accident
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 事故 or 变故 (ABC 'shì' n 2; Guoyu '事' n 3; NCCED '事' 3).
8. shì verb to attend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 侍奉 (Guoyu '事' v 1)
9. shì noun an allusion
   Domain: Literature 文学
   Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 典故 (Kroll 2015 '事' 4, p. 415).
10. shì noun a condition; a state; a situation
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 情况. For example, For example, 实事求是 'to handle matters according to the actual situation' (CCI '实事求是'; Rouzer 2007, p. 27)
11. shì verb to engage in
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 从事 (ABC 'shì' v 2; Guoyu '事' v 2; Kroll 2015 '事' 2, p. 415; NCCED '事' 5).
12. shì verb to enslave
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 插入 (Guoyu '事' v 3)
13. shì verb to pursue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 奉行.
14. shì verb to administer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 办理.
15. shì verb to appoint
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 任用 (Kroll 2015 '事' 3a, p. 415)
16. shì measure word a piece
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: In this sense 事 is has the same meaning as 件 (Kroll 2015 '事' 6, p. 415)
17. shì noun meaning; phenomena
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: artha, Pali: attha, Japanese: gi; an object in the phenomenal world (BL '事', p. 63; BCSD '事', p. 81; FGDB '事'; Kroll 2015 '事' 5, p. 415; MW 'artha'; Sharf 2017, p. 159)
18. shì noun actions; karma
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: karma, Tibetan: las (BCSD '事', p. 81; Mahāvyutpatti 'karma')

Contained in

• 十方共成十方事 万人同结万人缘(十方共成十方事 萬人同結萬人緣) Let goals for the whole world be accomplished by the whole world; Let affinity between countless people be developed by countless people.
• 四事摄(四事攝) four grounds for the bonds of fellowship
• 法华三昧行事运想补助仪(法華三昧行事運想補助儀) Fa Hua Sanmei Xingshi Yun Xiang Buzhu Yi
• 置心一处　无事不办(置心一處　無事不辦) When the Mind Is Focused, Nothing Is Impossible
• 家和万事兴(家和萬事興) a harmonious family will prosper in many things ; Harmony Is that Which Brings a Family Prosperity
• 为大事也 何惜生命 为信仰也 何吝舍俗 为学法也 何惧委屈 为承诺也 何必反悔(為大事也 何惜生命 為信仰也 何吝捨俗 為學法也 何懼委屈 為承諾也 何必反悔) Tis for the Greater Cause, why should even my life be spared? Tis for the Faith, why hesitate on relinquishing the mundane life? Tis for the Dharma, why fear being wronged? Tis for the promise, why regret anything?
• 佛十八事不同 avenikabuddhadharmaa
• 佛光山开山的故事(佛光山開山的故事) Buddhism in Every Step: The Founding of Fo Guang Shan
• 与人为善做好事 从善如流说好话 心甘情愿存好念 皆大欢喜做好人(與人為善做好事 從善如流說好話 心甘情願存好念 皆大歡喜做好人) Oblige others by doing good deeds, Do what is right by speaking good words, Be perfectly amenable in thinking good thoughts, Create a win-win situation by being a good person.

Also contained in

国事 、 总领事馆 、 贵人多忘事 、 正事 、 韵人韵事 、 不事生产 、 核事件 、 世上无难事，只怕有心人 、 人事部 、 行事 、 理事长 、 何济于事 、 评事 、 福利事业 、 当事国 、 事务律师 、 军事情报 、 小事一桩 、 航空事业 、 屁事 、 事宜 、 事理 、 亲事 、 常事 、 恶事 、 戎事 、 事物 、 军事家 、 人事处 、 军事体育 、 事后诸葛亮 、 事件视界 、 军事机构 、 事蹟 、 若无其事 、 恶事传千里 、 没有事 、 人浮于事 、 亏心事 、 刑事法院 、 事后 、 情事

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 474
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 338
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 264
• Scroll 35 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 229
• Scroll 61 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 192
• Scroll 2 Huayan Fajie Xuan Jing 華嚴法界玄鏡 — count: 178
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 165
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 164
• Scroll 20 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 163
• Scroll 58 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 152

Collocations

• 如此事 (如此事) 道如此事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 24
• 等事 (等事) 如是等事 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
• 承事 (承事) 其諸弟子不恭敬承事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 9
• 礼事 (禮事) 當得供養恭敬禮事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 8
• 事异 (事異) 此事異 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
• 无数劫事 (無數劫事) 盡知過去無數劫事 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 直事 (直事) 直事沙門即會聖眾 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 宗事 (宗事) 汝聞跋祇國人宗事沙門 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 八事 (八事) 地動八事動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 事供养 (事供養) 使諸弟子不復恭敬承事供養 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 6