诸事
zhū shì
Pinyin

Definition

诸事
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zhū shì
  1. everything
  2. every matter

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]
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
事故
shì gù
  1. 1 accident
  2. 2 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
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]
事业有成
shì yè yǒu chéng
  1. 1 to be successful in business
  2. 2 professional success
事物
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
事变
shì biàn
  1. 1 incident
  2. 2 unforeseen event
  3. 3 events (in general)
事项
shì xiàng
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 item
人事
rén shì
  1. 1 personnel
  2. 2 human resources
  3. 3 human affairs
  4. 4 ways of the world
  5. 5 (euphemism) sexuality
  6. 6 the facts of life
做事
zuò shì
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to handle matters
  3. 3 to have a job
共事
gòng shì
  1. 1 to work together

Idioms (20)

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.
人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
  1. 1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这几天出门没看“黄历”，诸事不顺。再加上，付出总是得不到回报，心里很憋屈，不知道整天忙忙碌碌的都是为了什么。
zhè jǐ tiān chūmén méi kàn “huánglì ”，zhūshì bù shùn 。zài jiāshang ，fùchū zǒngshì débudào huíbào ，xīnli hěn biēqū ，bù zhīdào zhěngtiān máng de dōu shì wèile shénme 。
Over the last few days I haven't looked at the Chinese divination almanac before leaving the house, and nothing has gone my way. I also feel like I'm not get anything back for what I do for others, so I feel quite hard done by, and I don't know what I'm spending all this time busying myself for.
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哎，我最近啊，真是诸事不顺。我妈说下次要带我去龙王菩萨那儿求个签，拜个佛，好去去晦气。
ài ，wǒ zuìjìn a ，zhēnshì zhūshì bù shùn 。wǒ mā shuō xiàcì yào dài wǒ qù Lóngwáng Púsà nàr qiú ge qiān ，bài ge fó ，hǎo qùqu huìqì 。
Ai-yi-yi, nothing has been going right for me lately. My mom said she's going to take me to Long Wang temple to pray that my bad luck goes away.
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哎！姑娘，我看你印堂发黑，最近诸事不顺喔！
āi ！gūniang ，wǒ kàn nǐ yìntáng fāhēi ，zuìjìn zhūshì bù shùn ō ！
Oh! Young lady, your glabella seems very dark, things aren't going well for you lately, are they!
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你们这些算命的，总是这样说话吗？我诸事不顺关你什么事？
nǐmen zhèxiē suànmìng de ，zǒngshì zhèyàng shuōhuà ma ？wǒ zhūshì bù shùn guān nǐ shénme shì ？
All you fortune tellers say the same old lines, yeah? What is it to you if things aren't going well for me?
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很好、很好，接着换我来。马年要祝“马到成功”、猴年祝你“加冠封侯”、鸡年祝你“鹤立鸡群”、狗年祝你“旺旺旺”，最后，猪年祝大家“诸事顺心”。
hěn hǎo 、hěn hǎo ，jiē zhe huàn wǒ lái 。mǎnián yào zhù “mǎ dào chénggōng ”、hóunián zhù nǐ “jiāguānfēnghóu ”、jīnián zhù nǐ “hè lì jīqún ”、gǒunián zhù nǐ “wàng wàng wàng ”，zuìhòu ，zhūnián zhù dàjiā “zhūshì shùnxīn ”。
Very good, very good, now it is my turn. In the Year of the Horse, they use the phrase 「马到成功」, meaning to win instant success and which also contains the character for horse「馬」; in the Year of the Monkey, they substitute the 「侯」 in the phrase 「加冠封侯」, wishing that you’ll be “given new offices and titles,” for its near homophone 「猴」, meaning monkey, in the Year of the Monkey; In the Year of the Rooster, they use the phrase “a crane among roosters,” to bless you with standing head and shoulders above the rest; In the Year of the Dog, they’ll wish you a prosperous new year, by substituting「旺旺旺」, meaning “very prosperous,” for the sound of a dog barking in Chinese, “汪汪汪,” a near homophone; and finally they substitute the character 「诸」 for in the phrase 「诸事顺心」, meaning “everything goes according to plan” for the character 「猪」, meaning “pig” in the Year of the Pig.
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