this is no small thing (idiom); to have a serious matter at hand
trad. 茲事體大
Also written 茲事體大【zī shì tǐ dà】
Characters in this word
4兹
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used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- Pinyin
- cí
- Traditional
- 茲
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5155 of 2500
事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500
体
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used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5], Taiwan pr. [ti3]
- Pinyin
- tī
- Traditional
- 體
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 11254 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500