Definition
万事 literally means 'ten thousand things' but is used idiomatically to mean 'everything' or 'all things'. It appears in common set phrases like 万事如意 ('may everything go as you wish') and 万事开头难 ('the beginning of everything is hard'). It has a formal, often written or spoken in well-wishing contexts.
n.
all thingseverything
Examples
- ！Zhù nǐ wàn shì rúyì!Wishing you all the best!
- 万事，。wàn shì kāitóu nán, dàn zhǐyào jiānchí jiù yí dìng néng chénggōng.Everything is hard at the beginning, but as long as you persist, you will succeed.
- 万事。Zhè jiàn shì guān xì dào wàn shì de chéng bài.This matter concerns the success or failure of everything.
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