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好事
hǎoshì
1. good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
2. charity
3. happy occasion
4. Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown

好
hǎo
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
HSK 1 6 丶
事
shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
HSK 2 8 丶

Compound Words (4)

好事者
hàoshìzhě
busybody
好事之徒
hàoshìzhītú
busybody
好事多磨
hǎoshìduōmó
the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎoshìbùchūmén,èshìchuánqiānlǐ
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles

Alternate Entries

好事
hàoshì
to be meddlesome

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
2,255 of 84,292