兹事体大 — Chinese idiom
兹事体大
zī shì tǐ dà
Traditional: 茲事體大
Meaning
- this is no small thing
- to have a serious matter at hand
Character by character
- 兹zīnow, here; this; time, year
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 体tǐbody; group, class; form, style, system
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
- 事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ
- 事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
- 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
- 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
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