Cantonese Dictionary

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事務所
Mandarin: shi4 wu4 suo3
[n] business office
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事務長
Mandarin: shi4 wu4 chang2
purser
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事在人為
Mandarin: shi4 zai4 ren2 wei2
it all depends on human effort
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事奉
Mandarin: shi4 feng4
ministry (in the religious context)
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事宜
Mandarin: shi4 yi2
(make) arrangements
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事實
Mandarin: shi4 shi2
Simplified: 事实
reality; truth
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事實上
Mandarin: shi4 shi2 shang4
in fact, actually
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事實勝於雄辯
Mandarin: shi4 shi2 sheng4 yu2 xiong2 bian4
truth speaks louder than words; facts speak for themselves
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事幹
Mandarin: shi4 gan4
Simplified: 事干
matter (as in "What's the matter?")
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事後
after, afterwards
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事後丸
morning-after pill
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事後孔明
Mandarin: shi4 hou4 Kong3 ming2
Simplified: 事后孔明
hindsight
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事急馬行田
Mandarin: shi4 ji2 ma3 xing2 tian2
Simplified: 事急马行田
a Cantonese idiom which describes someone who is flexible enough to adapt to the circumstances of an emergency situation
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事情
Mandarin: shi4 qing5
matter; affair; thing; business | [粵]: 事 (si6)
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事情要做
Mandarin: shi4 qing2 yao4 zuo4
thing that needs to be done
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事態
Mandarin: shi4 tai4
state of affairs
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事故
Mandarin: shi4 gu4
accident; mishap | Synon.: 意外 | Do not confuse with 故事 (story)
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事故照射
Mandarin: shi4 gu4 zhao4 she4
accidental exposure
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事旦
Mandarin: shi4 dan4
whatever; wishy-washy [colloquial]
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事有蹊蹺
Mandarin: shi4 you3 qi1 qiao1
variant of 事有蹺蹊
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事有蹺蹊
Mandarin: shi6 you3 qiao1 qi1
something fishy going on; something isn't right
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事業
Mandarin: shi4 ye4
cause; undertaking; endeavour; enterprise; effort
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事無巨細
Mandarin: shi4 wu2 ju4 xi4
all affairs big or small
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事物
Mandarin: shi4 wu4
thing; object
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事理
Mandarin: shi4 li3
reason; logic
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事發
Mandarin: shi4 fa1
Simplified: 事发
the incident that happened
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事與願違
Mandarin: shi4 yu3 yuan4 wei2
to have an entirely different outcome than what one hoped for
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事變
Mandarin: shi4 bian4
an unforseen event; incident, happening
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事跡
Mandarin: shi4 ji1
achievement
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事蹟
Mandarin: shi4 ji4
Simplified: 事迹
deeds; achievements; past events [written and colloquial]
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