大事

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

大事

  1. important matter; big deal; major event; great thing
    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 shēngsǐyōuguān de dàshì. [Pinyin]
    The establishment of a clean and honest administration is a matter of life and death for both the party and the country.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大事):

Adverb

大事

  1. in a big way
    大事渲染  ―  dàshì xuànrǎn  ―  to play up

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大 事
だい
Grade: 1
じ
Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

Adjective

大(だい)事(じ) • (daiji) -na (adnominal 大(だい)事(じ)な (daiji na), adverbial 大(だい)事(じ)に (daiji ni))

  1. important
  2. (archaic) difficult, highly troubling
  3. (archaic) seriously ill or injured; grave
    • 10th century, Ochikubo Monogatari:
      いと大(だい)事(じ)にはあらねど、起(お)き臥(ふ)しなやみ給(たま)ふを
      Ito daiji niwa aranedo, oki fushi nayami tamau 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(ある)時(とき)、尻(しり)に腫(はれ)物(もの)を出(だ)す。医(い)師(し)、是(これ)を見(み)て、大(だい)事(じ)の物(もの)也(なり)、と云(いふ)。恵(けい)云(いは)く、大(だい)事(じ)の物(もの)ならば、死(し)すべしや。医(い)云(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, daiji no mono nari, to iu. Kei iwaku, daiji no mono naraba, shisu beshi ya. I iwaku, hotondo ayōkaru 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(だい)事(じ) • (daiji) 

  1. An important thing; a serious matter; a valuable thing
  2. (colloquial) trouble
Derived terms
  • お大(だい)事(じ)に (o daiji ni, “get well soon”)
  • 大(だい)事(じ)に至(いた)らない (daiji ni itaranai, “non-fatal, without heavy injury, no threat to life”)
  • 大(だい)事(じ)無(な)い (daijinai, “not worrisome”)
  • 大(だい)事(じ)を取(と)る (daiji o toru, “as a precaution, to be careful”)
  • 大(だい)事(じ)の前(まえ)の小(しょう)事(じ) (daiji no mae no shōji, “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(おお)事(ごと) • (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.
  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大事

Noun

大事

  1. chữ Hán form of đại sự (“important matter; big deal; major event; great thing”).
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