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回事
huíshì
1. (old) to report to one's master
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown

回
huí
to return, to turn around; a time
HSK 1 6 丶
事
shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
HSK 2 8 丶

Compound Words (8)

一回事
yīhuíshì
one thing
两回事
liǎnghuíshì
two quite different things
当回事
dànghuíshì
to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously")
怎么回事
zěnmehuíshì
what's the matter?
当回事儿
dànghuíshìr
erhua variant of [[當回事|当回事<dànghuíshì>]]
不当一回事
bùdàngyīhuíshì
not regard as a matter (of any importance)
说是一回事,做又是另外一回事
shuōshìyīhuíshì,zuòyòushìlìngwàiyīhuíshì
Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)
说是一回事,而做又是另外一回事
shuōshìyīhuíshì,érzuòyòushìlìngwàiyīhuíshì
see [[說是一回事,做又是另外一回事|说是一回事,做又是另外一回事<shuōshìyīhuíshì]], [[zuòyòushìlìngwàiyīhuíshì>]]

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