好事 hǎoshì

1. hǎoshì noun a joyful thing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '好事'; Guoyu '好事' 1)
2. hǎoshì noun a good deed
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 善事 (CC-CEDICT '好事'; Guoyu '好事' 2)
3. hǎoshì noun praying for blessings at a Daoist or Buddhist ceremony
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '好事'; Guoyu '好事' 3)
4. hǎoshì phrase expression of surprise and dissatisfaction
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
   Notes: (Guoyu '好事' 4)

Contained in

• 六根妙用 眼中慈悲人缘好 耳裏善听人增慧 鼻内清爽人健康 口舌赞美人欢喜 身做好事人有益 心性有佛人成道(六根妙用 眼中慈悲人緣好 耳裏善听人增慧 鼻內清爽人健康 口舌讚美人歡喜 身做好事人有益 心性有佛人成道) Making Good Use of the Six Sensory Faculties Compassionate eyes help build good relationships. Patient ears help enhance your wisdom. A clear nose helps ensure good health. A complimenting tongue helps create joy. Beneficial deeds help bring good to others. A Buddha-like mind makes attainment possible.
• 好人好事 good people, good deeds ; Good People and Good Deeds
• 多读好书使自己芳香 多说好话令别人欢喜 多做好事让社会祥和 多发好心增人间美丽(多讀好書使自己芳香 多說好話令別人歡喜 多做好事讓社會祥和 多發好心增人間美麗) Keep reading good books to keep a fragrant mind. Keep speaking good words to bring joy to others. Keep doing good deeds to maintain harmony in society. Keep thinking good thoughts to add beauty to the world.
• 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.
• 用双手多做好事 以力行创造净土(用双手多做好事 以力行創造淨土) Use your hands to do more good deeds; Direct your actions to building a Pure Land.
• 好事好话存好心 真情真义真人生(好事好話存好心 真情真義真人生) Do good deeds, speak good words, think good thoughts; Genuine sentiment, genuine righteousness, genuine life.
• 三好校园 身做好事 口说好话 心存好念(三好校園 身做好事 口說好話 心存好念) Three Acts of Goodness School Do Good Deeds Speak Good Words Think Good Thoughts
• 好事从我做起(好事從我做起) be the one to start doing good deeds
• 好事不出门，坏事传千里(好事不出門，壞事傳千里) for evil news rides fast, while good news waits later
• 处处做好事 时时说好话 念念存好心 欢喜做好人(處處做好事 時時說好話 念念存好心 歡喜做好人) Do good deeds always. Speak good words always. Think good thoughts always. Be a good person readily and joyfully.
• 做好事 do good deeds ; do good deeds
• 1. 一切好事 从我本身做起 2. 一切好言 从我口中说出 3. 一切善心 从我自己开发 4. 一切善人 从我至诚礼敬(1. 一切好事 從我本身做起 2. 一切好言 從我口中說出 3. 一切善心 從我自己開發 4. 一切善人 從我至誠禮敬) May all good causes begin from self. May all good words spread from my speech. May all good intentions begin from my heart. May all good people feel respect from me.

Also contained in

好事者 、 好事不出门，恶事传千里 、 好事之徒 、 好事多磨

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 9 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
• Scroll 11 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 4
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Bodhisattva Precepts 菩薩戒本疏 — count: 4
• Scroll 79 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 3 , has English translation
• Scroll 6 Puti Ziliang Lun 菩提資糧論 — count: 3
• Scroll 30 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 3
• Scroll 1 Yuan Sheng Chu Sheng Fen Fa Ben Jing 緣生初勝分法本經 — count: 3
• Scroll 1 Abhidharmāmṛtarasaśāstra (Apitan Ganlu Wei Lun) 阿毘曇甘露味論 — count: 2
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Yao Lan 釋氏要覽 — count: 2
• Scroll 9 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 2

Collocations

• 好事不如 (好事不如) 好事不如無 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 22
• 求好事 (求好事) 常於眾生求好事心 — Daśabhūmikasūtra (Shi Zhu Jing) 十住經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
• 明好事 (明好事) 初偈明好事應來 — Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 作好事 (作好事) 若作好事不得和合 — Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經, Scroll 42 — count: 4
• 等好事 (等好事) 須達聞說如是等好事歡喜踊躍感念信 — Jingang Bore Shu 金剛般若疏, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 胜妙好事 (勝妙好事) 及以人天勝妙好事 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 外道好事 (外道好事) 讚歎外道好事 — Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律, Scroll 34 — count: 3
• 好事鬼神 (好事鬼神) 好事鬼神 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 好事后生 (好事後生) 好事後生致有未喻 — Tang Hufa Shamen Fa Lin Bie Chuan 唐護法沙門法琳別傳, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 好事不出 (好事不出) 好事不出門惡事行千里 — Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄, Scroll 12 — count: 2