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事兒

简事儿 · 繁事兒

Mandarin · pinyin shì r

one's employment
business
matter that needs to be settled
(northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
trying
troublesome
erhua variant of 事 shì
Classifier: 件 jiàn, 樁 zhuāng

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事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
兒: ér · son, child, oneself; final part
儿: ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10

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4–5 · shi4 r5

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noun

(Mandarin) erhua form of 事 (shì, “thing; matter”) (Classifier: 件; 樁／桩)

adj

(Beijing Mandarin) fussy; pernickety; troublesome

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