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大事

大事

Chinese

 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad.
(大事) 		大 事

Noun

大事

  1. important matter; big deal; major event
    這是關係到生死的大事。 [MSC, trad.]
    这是关系到生死的大事。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì guānxì dào shēngsǐ de dàshì. [Pinyin]
    This is a matter of life and death.
    廉政建設是關係到黨和國家生死攸關的大事。 [MSC, trad.]
    廉政建设是关系到党和国家生死攸关的大事。 [MSC, simp.]
    Liánzhèng jiànshè shì guānxì dào dǎng hé guójiā shēngsǐ yōuguān de dàshì. [Pinyin]
    The construction of a clean and honest administration is a matter of life and death for both the party and the country.

Derived terms

  • 大事記／大事记

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大 事
だい
Grade: 1 		じ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

大事 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana だいじ, romaji daiji)

  1. important
  2. (archaic) difficult, highly troubling
  3. (archaic) seriously ill or injured; grave
    • 10th century, Ochikubo Monogatari:
      いと大事 (だいじ)にはあらねど、起 (お)き臥 (ふ)しなやみ給 (たま)ふを
      ito daiji niha aranedo, oki fushi nayami tamafu o
      Although it wasn't the gravest [illness / situation], [he / she] truly suffered fitful nights and days unable to sleep.
    • 13th century, Koun Ejō, 正法眼蔵随聞記 巻六:
      或時 (あるとき)、尻 (しり)に腫物 (はれもの)を出 (だ)す。医師 (いし)、是 (これ)を見 (み)て、大事 (だいじ)の物也 (ものなり)、と云 (いふ)。恵云 (けいいは)く、大事 (だいじ)の物 (もの)ならば、死 (し)すべしや。医云 (いいは)く、ほとんどあやうかるべし。
      Aru toki, shiri ni haremono o dasu. Ishi, kore o mite, daijinomono nari, to ifu. Kei ihaku, daiji no mono naraba, shisu beshi ya. I ihaku, hotondo ayaukaru beshi.
      One day, he got a swelling on the buttocks. The doctor saw it and said it was grave. "If it is grave, then would I die [soon]?" Kei asked. The doctor said, "Close to [life-]threatening."
Inflection
Synonyms

Noun

大事 ‎(hiragana だいじ, romaji daiji)

  1. An important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing
  2. (colloquial) trouble
Derived terms
  • 大事 (だいじ)に至 (いた)らない ‎(daiji ni itaranai, “non-fatal, without heavy injury, no threat to life”)
  • 大事無 (だいじな)い ‎(daijinai, “not worrisome”)
  • 大事 (だいじ)を取 (と)る ‎(daijiwotoru, “as a precaution, to be careful”)
  • 大事 (だいじ)の前 (まえ)の小事 (しょうじ) ‎(daijinomaenoshōji, “lose a fly to catch a trout”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大 事
おお
Grade: 1 		こと > ごと
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Noun

大事 ‎(hiragana おおごと, romaji ōgoto)

  1. a serious matter

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
大 事

Noun

大事 • ‎(daesa) ‎(hangeul 대사)

  1. Hanja form? of 대사, “an important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing”.

Pronunciation

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