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傻事 (shǎ shì) — foolish thing, something stupid or unwise

Definition

傻事 (shǎ shì) refers to a foolish thing someone does — used as the object of verbs like 做 ('do') rather than describing a quality. Pairs naturally with 别再 or 后悔.

noun
foolish thingsomething stupid or unwise
Measure word · 件

Examples

  • 傻事。
    Tā nián qīng shí zuò guò hěn duō shǎ shì.
    He did a lot of foolish things when he was young.
  • 傻事，。
    Bié zài zuò zhè zhǒng shǎ shì le, huì hòu huǐ de.
    Don't do this kind of foolish thing anymore; you'll regret it.
  • ，傻事。
    Huí xiǎng qǐ lái, nà jiàn shǎ shì zhēn kě xiào.
    Looking back, that foolish thing was really ridiculous.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

傻shǎfoolish
事shìthing

傻 contributes foolish and 事 thing, together giving a stupid thing.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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