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]

undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]

accident; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]

thing; object

in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior

business office; firm

after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect

(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)

situation; existing state of affairs

to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for

everything

notable deeds; exploits

matters; arrangements

as matters stand; things having reached this stage

matter; item

in advance; before the event

disturbance; incident

see 事到如今[shi4 dao4 ru2 jin1]

the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequential

main content; matter; work; origin of an incident; cause; purpose; subject (of business letter)

things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

reason; logic

victim (of a criminal); party involved (in a dispute etc); main instigator

things; affairs; decorum

example; exemplar; typical case

leave of absence for a personal matter

encyclopedia

state of affairs

incident; unforeseen event; events (in general)

to serve

(Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature)

confidential aspects of a matter; secrets; key moment for action

position; authority; responsibility

event horizon

biographical sketch

evidence

devotion to one's work; professional ambition

(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger); (slang) cleavage

staffing quota for public service institutions; (by extension) a quota-based position in such an institution (abbr. for 事業編制|事业编制[shi4 ye4 bian1 zhi4])

(coll.) fussbudget; pain in the ass

(coll.) fussbudget; pain in the ass

common-law marriage; de facto marriage

a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)

the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose

(idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times; don't repeat the same mistake again and again; (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times