出事
chū shì
Pinyin

Definition

出事
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chū shì
  1. to have an accident
  2. to meet with a mishap

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]
事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]
事业
shì yè
  1. 1 undertaking
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
  5. 5 publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
  6. 6 career
  7. 7 occupation
  8. 8 CL:個|个[gè]
付出
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
出去
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
出现
chū xiàn
  1. 1 to appear
  2. 2 to arise
  3. 3 to emerge
  4. 4 to show up
出发
chū fā
  1. 1 to set off
  2. 2 to start (on a journey)
出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
同事
tóng shì
  1. 1 colleague
  2. 2 co-worker
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
世事
shì shì
  1. 1 affairs of life
  2. 2 things of the world
事事
shì shì
  1. 1 everything
事件
shì jiàn
  1. 1 event
  2. 2 happening
  3. 3 incident
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
事先
shì xiān
  1. 1 in advance
  2. 2 before the event
  3. 3 beforehand
  4. 4 prior
事儿
shì r5
  1. 1 one's employment
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 matter that needs to be settled
  4. 4 (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
  5. 5 trying
  6. 6 troublesome
  7. 7 erhua variant of 事[shì]
  8. 8 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]
事务
shì wù
  1. 1 (political, economic etc) affairs
  2. 2 work
  3. 3 transaction (as in a computer database)
事实
shì shí
  1. 1 fact
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
事后
shì hòu
  1. 1 after the event
  2. 2 in hindsight
  3. 3 in retrospect

Idioms (20)

一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事，不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
事不过三
shì bù guò sān
  1. 1 a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom)
  2. 2 don't repeat the same mistake again and again
  3. 3 bad things don't happen more than three times
事不关己
shì bù guān jǐ
  1. 1 a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
  1. 1 lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
  1. 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
  2. 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
事实胜于雄辩
shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn
  1. 1 Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
事后诸葛亮
shì hòu Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
事无巨细
shì wú jù xì
  1. 1 lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
事与愿违
shì yǔ yuàn wéi
  1. 1 things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
事过境迁
shì guò jìng qiān
  1. 1 The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).
  2. 2 It is water under the bridge.

Sample Sentences

我妹妹出事了，我得先走。
wǒ mèimei chūshì le ，wǒ děi xiān zǒu 。
My sister had an accident. I have to leave now.
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可一旦出事，受污染的不仅仅是一个地区。前苏联那次事故，据说几百年也消除不了核污染。
kě yīdàn chūshì ，shòu wūrǎn de bùjǐnjǐn shì yī gè dìqū 。qián Sūlián nà cì shìgù ，jùshuō jǐ bǎinián yě xiāochú bùliǎo héwūrǎn 。
But once there's an accident, it won't be just one place that's contaminated. Like that accident that happened in the former Soviet Union. They say that even hundreds of years won't completely get rid of the radioactive pollution.
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哎，出事了？
āi ，chūshì le ？
Hey, something's happened.
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当然，我们上车就要观察病人情况并且开始监护。否则路上出事了怎么办！
dāngrán ，wǒmen shàngchē jiùyào guānchá bìngrén qíngkuàng bìngqiě kāishǐ jiānhù 。fǒuzé lùshang chūshì le zěnme bàn ！
Of course, when you get in the ambulance we need to check the patient's status and begin monitoring them. Otherwise, if something happens on the road, what will we do?
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当记者哪有那么容易。采访会碰到各种状况。也许你根本就接近不了出事地点。有可能保安早把地方围起来了，还要打骂你恐吓你，你要想想怎么保证自己的人身安全。还比如负责人不接受采访，知情人不敢接受采访，等等。
dāng jìzhě nǎyǒu nàme róngyì 。cǎifǎng huì pèngdào gèzhǒng zhuàngkuàng 。yěxǔ nǐ gēnběn jiù jiējìn bùliǎo chūshì dìdiǎn 。yǒu kěnéng bǎoān zǎo bǎ dìfang wéi qǐlái le ，hái yào dǎmà nǐ kǒnghè nǐ ，nǐ yào xiǎng xiang zěnme bǎozhèng zìjǐ de rénshēn ānquán 。hái bǐrú fùzérén bù jiēshòu cǎifǎng ，zhīqíngrén bù gǎn jiēshòu cǎifǎng ，děngdeng 。
Being a journalist isn't so easy. When investigating you encounter all kinds of situations. Perhaps you won't be able to get near the the site of the accident. Maybe the security personnel have already sealed off the area, and they'll assault you or intimidate you. You need to think how your are going to ensure your safety. Another example, the people responsible won't let you interview them. Those with information might not dare to let you interview them. These kinds of things.
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那我可不敢坐，万一出事怎么办啊？
nà wǒ kě bùgǎn zuò ，wànyī chūshì zěnme bàn a ？
Then I really don't dare to take your cab. What will we do if there's an accident?
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糟了，出事了！
zāo le ，chūshì le ！
Oh no! There's been an accident!
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我怕他出事，我出去找找他。
wǒ pà tā chūshì ，wǒ chūqù zhǎo zhao tā 。
I'm afraid something happened to him, so I'm going out to look for him.
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