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好事

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo shì#

good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")
charity
happy occasion
Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead

Mandarin · pinyin hào shì#

to be meddlesome

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

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3–4 · hao3 shi4

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noun

good thing
happy event; joyous occasion (e.g. a wedding, marriage, etc.)
good deed; charitable act
Buddhist ceremony
(colloquial, sarcastic) bad thing

adj

meddlesome; officious

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