常事 (cháng shì) — ordinary matter; routine occurrence; common happening
Definition
常事 means something that happens regularly and so is no big deal — 'a routine matter, nothing unusual.' It highlights the speaker's sense that an event is ordinary or expected, often used to downplay its significance.
noun
ordinary matterroutine occurrencecommon happening
Examples
- 常事。Zhè zhǒng shì shì cháng shì.This kind of thing is a common occurrence.
- 常事。Chí dào duì tā lái shuō yǐ jīng shì cháng shì le.Being late is already routine for him.
- 常事。Měi tiān zǎo qǐ duàn liàn shì tā de cháng shì.Exercising early every morning is his routine.
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