大喜事 (dà xǐ shì) — a great happy event (e.g., wedding, birth, promotion)
Definition
大喜事 means 'a great happy event' (wedding, birth, promotion) — something big the whole family celebrates. Used as a set phrase: 是一件大喜事, not interchangeable with plain 喜事.
noun
a great happy event (e.g., wedding, birth, promotion)
Measure word · 件
Examples
- 大喜事，。Tā men jiā zuì jìn yǒu dà xǐ shì, ér zi jié hūn le.Their family recently had a great happy event — their son got married.
- 大喜事，。Zhè zhēn shì yí jiàn dà xǐ shì, zhí dé qìng zhù.This is truly a great happy event, worth celebrating.
- 。Hái zi chū shēng shì quán jiā de dà dà xǐ shì.The birth of a child is a great happy event for the whole family.
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