affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

fact; CL:個|个[ge4]

in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto

incident; event

one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; erhua variant of 事[shi4]; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)

old practice

narrative; story; tale

what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?

to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter