要事
yào shì
Pinyin

Definition

要事
 - 
yào shì
  1. important matter

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
要
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
主要
zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary
事事
shì shì
  1. 1 everything
事件
shì jiàn
  1. 1 event
  2. 2 happening
  3. 3 incident
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事，不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome

Sample Sentences

那你可以多看看整点新闻，就是那些在整点的时候播出的一些简短的新闻，通常只有五分钟，既能让你了解国际国内要事，又不浪费时间。
nà nǐ kěyǐ duō kànkan zhěngdiǎn xīnwén ，jiùshì nàxiē zài zhěngdiǎn de shíhou bōchū de yīxiē jiǎnduǎn de xīnwén ，tōngcháng zhǐyǒu wǔ fēnzhōng ，jì néng ràng nǐ liǎojiě guójì guónèi yàoshì ，yòu bù làngfèi shíjiān 。
Then you can watch the hourly bulletin. It's a roundup of key news that usually lasts for 5 minutes but gives a clear perspective on domestic and international affairs without wasting time.
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